Date of Award:
5-1966
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Plants, Soils, and Climate
Department name when degree awarded
Plant Pathology
Committee Chair(s)
Orson S. Cannon
Committee
Orson S. Cannon
Committee
Wade G. Dewey
Committee
Mark W. Martin
Abstract
Verticillium wilt has long been a major disease of tomatoes in Utah. The disease was recognized long before the causal agent was known. In 1932, Dr. H. L. Blood was given the task of investigating a wilt disease that was causing heavy losses to Utah's tomato industry (5). The disease was thought to be caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. lycopersici (Sacc.) Snyder & Hansen. Through his investigations Dr. Blood found Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke and Berthold to be the cause of the disease. He began the laborious task of finding a resistant variety of tomato and transferring the resistance to commercial varieties.
Recommended Citation
Musselman, Jean Redmond, "A Survey of Verticillium albo-atrum From Tomato Fields of Northern Utah" (1966). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 9135.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/9135
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