Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici race 3 causing tomato wilt in South Africa

Abstract

In 2010, tomato plants exhibiting symptoms of wilting, hollow stems and vascular discoloration from the Musina district, Limpopo Province, South Africa were reported. Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.lycopersici race 3 proved to be a causal agent of the disease by means of morphological and DNA based characterization accompanied by pathogenicity trials. This is the first report of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici race 3 on tomato in South Africa. © 2013 Australasian Plant Pathology Society Inc.