This fungus is especially common on tomato plants but is found on many species. Plants are infected from the bottom up, so ...

In the vegetable garden, plants such as tomatoes, strawberries, potatoes, peppers, eggplant and various melons are susceptible to verticillium wilt. Luckily, scientists continued to develop ...

A widespread soil-borne disease, verticillium wilt can afflict maples, redbud, ash, euonymus, tomatoes and strawberries. Symptoms: One side of the plant wilts or dies. In trees, leaves turn yellow ...

Tomato plants with Verticillium wilt show symptoms of yellowing and wilting of leaves, often starting on one side of the plant. Gerald Holmes, Strawberry Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Bugwood.org.

Verticillium wilt disease plugs the internal tubes that carry water from a tree’s roots to the leaves. It commonly infects a single branch, causing it to die and appear like it is not getting ...

One exception is Verticillium wilt, a fungal disease Common in Klamath Basin landscapes. As is typical of a plant disease with a wide range of host plants, Verticillium doesn’t look the same in ...

As Verticillium spreads more quickly in weaker plants, follow these sound cultural practices: Prune dead branches to discourage infection by other fungi. Disinfect tools between cuts in a 10 ...

Plant diseases are a fact of life for gardeners. Learn how to deal with the most common plant ailments and how to keep them ...

Plant resistant species in any area where a plant died of verticillium wilt. All conifers are resistant, as are birch, sycamore, hawthorn and some dogwoods. Or plant in containers ...

The damage done directly by the fungus and indirectly by the plant can clog the water conducting tissue in the branch. If it chokes a branch, the tree may live for years, losing one branch at a time.