Verticillium wilt in flax, a difficult soil-borne disease to manage
The Verticillium dahliae fungus infects many plants. In flax, it impacts the quality of the fibre. There are currently very limited ways of controlling this disease.
The Verticillium dahliae fungus infects many plants. In flax, it impacts the quality of the fibre. There are currently very limited ways of controlling this disease.
This risk was assessed as part of the ALERTSEED project, through the development of a molecular analysis method for the detection of all fungi present in a batch of seeds, as well...
In the last 30 years our forests have increasingly suffered so-called ‘emerging’ diseases caused by virulent pathogenic fungi from other continents.