First report of fusarium wilt disease caused by Fusarium equiseti on grafted watermelon in Korea.

• Main Authors: Han, You-Kyoung, Walftor, Dumin, Park, Mi-Jeong, Bae, Yeong-Seuk, Park, Jong-Han, Back, Chang-Gi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: The American Phytopathological Society (APS) 2022
• Subjects: SB Plant culture
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45437/1/pdis-08-21-1745-pdn.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45437/; https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-08-21-1745-PDN; https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-08-21-1745-PDN

In Korea, most grafted watermelons are a fusion of bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) as a rootstock and watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) as a scionstock (Lee et al. 2010). Currently, we have collected several samples from grafted watermelon displaying symptoms of yellowing, withering, and wilting lea...