What does the published scientific research say about Verticillium dahliae?

Verticillium dahliae is a soilborne vascular pathogenic fungus that colonizes xylem tissue and causes destructive Verticillium wilt in cotton, tomato, and other dicots. Eight PubMed articles indexed here address V. dahliae in plant-input research contexts, spanning pathogen biology, host immunity, and biocontrol strategies.

Research on controlling Verticillium dahliae wilt points to several microbial approaches cited in the literature. Bacillus altitudinis KRS010 is reported in peer-reviewed studies to achieve 93.59% control efficiency against Verticillium wilt in cotton, inhibiting V. dahliae mycelial growth and inducing salicylic acid and jasmonic acid systemic resistance pathways. Rhizosphere microbiome research cites tomato-potatoonion intercropping as recruiting Bacillus species that suppress V. dahliae via taxifolin-mediated signaling. A microbe-induced gene silencing (MIGS) approach using Trichoderma harzianum is also cited in the literature as effective against V. dahliae in cotton without host genetic modification.