Fusarium solani f. sp. cucurbitae, affecting melon in Almería Province, Spain

摘要

During surveys carried out for assessing the occurrence of cucurbit-infecting soil fungi, melon plants exhibited necrosis on the basal stem, wilt and death. Mycological analysis and experimental inoculations showed the causal agent to be Fusarium solani f. sp. cucurbitae. This is the first report of F. solani f. sp. cucurbitae as the causal agent of crown rot of melon in Europe.