Fusarium Species Causing Pepper Wilt in Russia: Molecular Identification and Pathogenicity
Journal: Microorganisms
Year: 2024

Fusarium wilt pathogens represent an ongoing threat to pepper production worldwide. This is the first report providing data on the molecular identification of <i>Fusarium</i> fungi that cause wilt in pepper in the southern regions of Russia. Monitoring of the <i>Fusarium</i> infection on pepper was carried out in 2019-2022 in two economically important regions of this culture production: the Krasnodar Krai and Crimea. Based on a phylogenetic analysis of the translation elongation factor (<i>EF1a