Soil Treatment Strategies for Effective Fusarium Control

Soil-based fungicides such as TerraClean can effectively control Fusarium, especially when used preventively.  TerraClean is recommended because its powerful scientific formula contains highly-concentrated organic acids specifically designed to penetrate soil and eradicate several common soil-based disease pathogens, including:

  • Fusarium
  • Verticillium
  • Phytophthora
  • Rhizoctonia
  • Thielaviopsis
  • Pythium

TerraClean also effectively enhances crop production!  As its revolutionary chemical formula reacts with soil-borne pathogens, large quantities of oxygen are produced and released into the soil, stimulating root development, increased nutrient intake, and plant growth!

TerraClean has several key benefits including:

  • EPA-Certified
  • Zero-Hour REI
  • Applicable any time from seed to harvest

Completely environmentally safe and biodegradable


Foliar Treatment Strategies for Effective Fusarium Control

Foliar fungicides such as OxiDate are an excellent complement to soil-based Fusarium treatments provided by TerraClean.  OxiDate’s unique scientific formula rapidly oxidizes on contact with foliage to control and eradicate Fusarium and a host of other common plant diseases such as:

  • Early Blight
  • Late Blight
  • Powdery Mildew
  • Downy Mildew
  • Pythium
  • Phytophthora

OxiDate’s key benefits include:

  • No mutational resistance
  • EPA-Registered
  • OMRI-approved for use with organic production
  • Fully biodegradable and environmentally friendly
  • Applicable from seed to harvest
  • Use as a soil drench, foliar spray, pre-plant dip, and surface disinfectant

Control Fusarium Including Variations such as Oxysporum, Gramminearum and Solani

Fusarium is a fungus widely distributed through soil and associated with a variety of plants. While some variations of Fusarium are harmless, others can disease plants and even produce mycotoxins that may affect human and animal health if they enter the food chain.

Hosts of Fusarium Oxysporum include potato, tomato, banana, sugarcane, bean, zinnia, pansy and baby’s breath plants. Fusarium Graminearum often affects wheat, barley, oats and other small grain and corn crops. The most common strain, Fusarium Solani, can be found in rice, bean and soybean plants.

Signs and Symptoms

Fusarium Oxysporum causes vascular wilt, yellowing, root rot and dampening off in affected plants. Signs of infection include downward dropping of older leaves, wilting, stunting and defoliation. It can eventually lead to the death of entire plants.

Fusarium Graminearum causes headblight, a devasting disease that causes kernels to shrivel and die. It’s spores are forcibly discharged and can germinate within six hours upon landing on a plant’s surface. The disease can overwinter and reinfect plants during the next growing season.

Fusarium Solani, also known as “sudden death syndrome” usually appears after flowering and during pod fill. It begins displaying as small, reddish spots on leaves. When it is not caught quickly it spreads and causes roots to rot.

A common thread amongst variations of Fusarium is that the fungi often thrive in cool, wet weather.

Disease Management

While no techniques are certain to ward off infection without fail, there are options available to prevent and control Fusarium. Best practices such as using more resistant varieties of crops and increasing soil drainage will reduce incidents of disease.

Furthermore, use of an environmentally safe and biodegradeable product like TerraClean can be effective to control Fusarium. It’s organic acids will penetrate soil and eradicate disease on contact.

Fungal infections like Fusarium can spread quickly and result in widespread harm to plants, animals and humans. Considering that blight caused by Fusarium graminearum resulted in an estimated $3 billion in losses of American barley and wheat crops between 1991 and 1996, regular checks, prevention and treatment methods are highly recommended.

Incoming search terms: Posted January 24th 2011 at 9:01 pm by Brady