Friday, March 20, 2015

What Is Pink Root Onion Disease

By Kristi Waterworth Bulb vegetables can be some of the easier plants to grow in the garden, provided you can keep the pests and diseases at bay. Good onion care requires lots of patience and a watchful eye. After all, if you can catch problems like pink root rot in onions early, you may be able to save at least part of your harvest. While pink root sounds like something you’d get from a high-end salon, it’s actually a pretty problematic disease in onions. Do you know how to tell if your onions are afflicted? Well, if not, this article will help. What is Pink Root? Pink root is a disease that primarily attacks onions, though many other plants, including cereal grains, can be carriers. The fungal pathogen, Phoma terrestris, is able to survive many years in the soil without a host crop, but reactivates and moves swiftly into weakened

No comments:

Post a Comment