First Report of Fusarium acutatum Causing Root Rot and Vascular Wilt Disease in Grapevine ( Vitis vinifera L.) in India

• Published in: Plant disease
• Main Authors: Holkar, Somnath Kadappa, Bhondave, Sagar B, Patil, Sakshi J, Nanekar, Shweta C, Bhosale, Rushikesh K, Khade, Yogesh, Khandagale, Kiran S, Radhakrishna, Auji, Mainkar, Pawan, Saha, Sujoy, Banerjee, Kaushik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 30.05.2025
• Subjects: Fungi; disease development and spread; Fruit; Crop Type; Pathogen detection; small fruits; Causal Agent; Epidemiology; Subject Areas
• ISSN: 0191-2917
• DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-03-25-0621-PDN

Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.), an economically important fruit crop. During field surveys in May 2022, an unusual decline in grapevine was observed in Narayan Tembhi and Wadner Bhairav villages of Nashik district of Maharashtra State in India. Four vineyards (n = ~3000 vines: 3.2 ha) showed 25-30% d...