A simplified technique for grafting watermelon onto resistant cucurbit rootstocks for control of Fusarium wilt of watermelon in Nghe An Province, Vietnam

V. T. Dau; N. V. Dang; D. H. Nguyen; L. T. Pham; T. T. M. Le; H. T. Phan; L. W. Burgess

doi:10.1071/DN09047

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A simplified technique for grafting watermelon onto resistant cucurbit rootstocks for control of Fusarium wilt of watermelon in Nghe An Province, Vietnam

V. T. Dau ^A , N. V. Dang ^B , D. H. Nguyen ^A , L. T. Pham ^A , T. T. M. Le ^A , H. T. Phan ^C and L. W. Burgess ^D ^E

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^A Nghe An Plant Protection Sub-Department, 19 Tran Phu St., Vinh, Nghe An, Vietnam.

^B Syngenta, 16 3A St., Bien Hoa 2 Industrial Area, Dong Nai, Vietnam.

^C National Institute of Medicinal Materials, 3B Quang Trung St, Hanoi, Vietnam.

^D Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, New South Wales, Australia.

^E Corresponding author. Email: burgess.international@gmail.com

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 4(1) 114-116 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN09047
Submitted: 18 October 2009 Accepted: 3 November 2009 Published: 30 November 2009

Abstract

Resistant cucurbit rootstocks provided an effective control measure for Fusarium wilt of watermelon caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum in Nghe An province, Vietnam. The hybrid cultivar, Bulrojangsaeng (Lagenaria siceraria) was the most suitable rootstock on all criteria but the seed is expensive. Therefore, the local Bau trang cultivar (L. siceraria) was adopted by farmers as the preferred rootstock on the basis of the low-cost seed. The grafting process is described and illustrated.

Acknowledgements

Financial support from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR CP/2002/115) is gratefully acknowledged.

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