Onion White Rot: Complete Treatment Guide
What is Onion White Rot?
Symptoms
- White fungal growth
- Black sclerotia
- Yellowing leaves
- Root rot
- Easy plant pull
- Progressive decay
What Causes Onion White Rot?
- Sclerotium cepivorum
- Cool temperatures
- Moist soil
- Previous infection
- Long soil survival
- Host presence
How to Treat Onion White Rot
Organic Treatments
- Beneficial fungi
- Long rotation
- Soil solarization
- Clean practices
- Resistant varieties
- Organic amendments
Chemical Treatments
- Soil fungicide
- Pre-plant treatment
- Systemic fungicides
- Protective sprays
Cultural Controls
- Crop rotation
- Clean equipment
- Disease-free soil
- Proper drainage
- Plant spacing
- Field selection
How to Prevent Onion White Rot
- Long rotation
- Clean practices
- Soil testing
- Field selection
- Disease-free sets
- Regular monitoring
Recommended Fertilizers for Onion White Rot
- Beneficial fungi
- Soil improvers
- Root stimulants
- Plant strengtheners