CONTROL OF PATHOGENS IN STRAWBERRY AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTION
SYSTEMS Location: Crop Improvement and Protection Research
Title: Molecular variation among isolates of verticillium
dahliae and PCR-based differentiation of races. Submitted to:
Phytopathology Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: May 15, 2010 Publication Date:
August 3, 2010 Citation: Maruthachalam, K., Atallah, Z.K.,
Vallad, G.E., Klosterman, S.J., Hayes, R.J., Davis, R.,
Subbarao, K.V. 2010. Molecular variation among isolates of
verticillium dahliae and PCR-based differentiation of races.
Phytopathology. 100(11):1222-30. Interpretive Summary: The
soilborne fungal pathogen Verticillium dahliae can survive in
the soil for years and infect plants through their roots. The
pathogen invades the vascular tissue and causes plant wilting.
V. dahliae causes a disease on many vegetable crops and
ornamental plants in California and worldwide. It is also
established that there are two pathogenic types of this fungus
on tomato an