Symptoms
Initial symptoms of the disease include plants becoming stunted and lower leaves turning yellow; as the infection progresses, more leaves turn yellow and begin dropping from the plant; plants wilt during the day and recover at night; wilting becomes permanent and plant death ensues.
Cause
Fungi
Comments
Disease is present in pepper grown in Europe, Canada and the U.S.; the severity of the disease when it emerges is dependent on many factors, including the strain of the pathogen, host susceptibility, soil type and prevailing climatic conditions
Management
There are currently no effective control strategies for Verticillium wilt once it is present in the field; cultural control practices should be employed to lessen the chances of the disease emerging in the first place; management strategies include rotating the crop every 3–4 years away from pepper; soil fumigation and/or solarization can reduce the level of inoculant in the soil
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