Verticillium longisporum

Verticillium longisporum
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V. longisporum
Binomial name
Verticillium longisporum
(C.Stark) Karapapa, Bainbr. & Heale (1997)
Synonyms
  • Verticillium dahliae var. longisporum C.Stark (1961)

Verticillium longisporum, also known as Verticillium Wilt, is a fungal plant pathogen that commonly infects canola. V. longisporum can attack other brassica plants as well as woody ornamentals. A main symptom of the infected plant is wilting. In America, V. longsiporum primarily effects eudicot plants. This pathogen can be very devastating and hard to eradicate, responding only to expensive fumigation or fungal resistant plants.