Fusarium Wilt

Starlight · June 23, 2017

https://www.researchgate.net/publica...ersici_race_J3

Type F. oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici into google and you will find lots of scientific research and oodles of reading.

Lots of reading here, but you may find it interesting on the section starting on page 4 of how the age of the tomato plants will exhibit more or less problems with fusarium.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/1...29140500134334

So far I have found this article:

"Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici may be disseminated in seed, transplants, or soil."

https://www.nature.com/articles/srep21367

I have a third edition of my Into to Fungi book and in it it says that some species of Fusarium are seed-borne, but it doesn't list FOL, tomatoes specifically.

If you google:

transfer of F. oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici into tomato seeds

lots of scientific research available.

For those who have an infected plant with fruits, you might try and germinate some seeds, and grow the plant out in a container. If the seedlings show the wilt then it would show whether it is seed transmittable or not.

I could be wrong about this, don't know for sure, but think F. wilt is way more soil-borne than by seed transmission. I think this is due to fermentation of the seeds and other seed treatments.

I feel for those of you having to deal with it. Long process to try and eliminate from the ground. Best bets have already been said. Find resistant cultivars, grow in containers off the ground for awhile, learn to graft. Bill has great thread going on grafting.

Grafting not easy to learn. Takes some practice, but took time to learn how to grow tomato plants successfully, we can learn to graft too. There is hope on the horizon. : )

June 23, 2017	#11
Starlight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: AL Posts: 1,993	https://www.researchgate.net/publica...ersici_race_J3 Type F. oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici into google and you will find lots of scientific research and oodles of reading. Lots of reading here, but you may find it interesting on the section starting on page 4 of how the age of the tomato plants will exhibit more or less problems with fusarium. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/1...29140500134334 So far I have found this article: "Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici may be disseminated in seed, transplants, or soil." https://www.nature.com/articles/srep21367 I have a third edition of my Into to Fungi book and in it it says that some species of Fusarium are seed-borne, but it doesn't list FOL, tomatoes specifically. If you google: transfer of F. oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici into tomato seeds lots of scientific research available. For those who have an infected plant with fruits, you might try and germinate some seeds, and grow the plant out in a container. If the seedlings show the wilt then it would show whether it is seed transmittable or not. I could be wrong about this, don't know for sure, but think F. wilt is way more soil-borne than by seed transmission. I think this is due to fermentation of the seeds and other seed treatments. I feel for those of you having to deal with it. Long process to try and eliminate from the ground. Best bets have already been said. Find resistant cultivars, grow in containers off the ground for awhile, learn to graft. Bill has great thread going on grafting. Grafting not easy to learn. Takes some practice, but took time to learn how to grow tomato plants successfully, we can learn to graft too. There is hope on the horizon. : )