Fusarium disease of gladiolus: its causal agent is one of the most destructive maladies
known to affect flower crops. The disease causes
large losses to commercial gladiolus growers
in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, California,
eastern Washington, and all of Oregon
except the northern part. It causes
an estimated loss of 1 1/2 to 2 million dollars
per year in Florida alone. Because
the Fusarium disease is corm-borne and because
many of the corms grown in Illinois
are shipped to Florida and planted there
for winter flower production, the fate of
the crop in Florida is of importance to
growers in Illinois as well as to growers
in Florida. Only one commercial gladiolus-
growing area in the United States is
not seriously troubled with the Fusarium
disease. This is the cool region in western
Washington where, according to Gould
( 1949) , Fusarium rot is uncommon except
on recently introduced stocks.
Publisher
Champaign : Illinois Natural History Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin; v. 026, no. 06
ISSN
0073-4918
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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