Onions are susceptible to diseases like Pink Root (Phoma Terrestris), White Rot (Sclerotium Cepivorum), Fusarium (Fusarium Oxysporum), and Damping-Off (Fusarium & Rhizoctonia).
Pink Root has a large, wide-reaching impact on the health and bulb size of onion crops. Without proper treatment, it can be a pain to eradicate, often surviving in the soil, diseased roots, and debris of previous crops for several years.
White Rot is widely regarded as one of the most severe onion diseases, damaging roots, causing foliage to yellow and die, and stunting plant growth. If left untreated, it can persist in the soil for up to 25 years.
Damping Off is typically caused by one or a combination of Fusarium Fungi, Pythium or Rhizoctonia, resulting in poor stands, wilting and eventual death of emerged seedlings, as well as discolored roots and crowns.
Fusarium is a soil-borne pathogen that causes dieback of foliage, a brown discoloration of the bulb, and dry rot by infecting the onion root and basal plate area. Surviving in the soil for years on crop residue.
There has been outrageous weather in parts of our nation this year. “Bomb cyclones” were dropping hsnow and unleashing winds. Historically huge snowstorms paralyzed all transportation and interfered with daily tasks. Cold-paralyzed iguanas were falling from trees in Florida!
“New” is not a word you want to see associated with “vegetable disease concerns.” Growers, production advisors, and field professionals are periodically faced with new and unfamiliar diseases. Researchers have an established protocol for proving that a problem is a new one.
Plant-parasitic nematodes are known as hidden enemies and restrain carrot production in the United States. In Georgia, carrots are among the most seriously affected vegetables due to heavy infestation of root-knot nematodes, causing especially severe problems in all carrot-growing areas.
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