REVIEW article
Front. Microbiol.
Sec. Microbe and Virus Interactions with Plants
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1601130
This article is part of the Research TopicAdvances in Understanding the Interplay of Soil Carbon, Iron, and Arsenic TransformationView all 3 articles
Watermelon Wilt Disease: Causes, Harms, and Control Measures
Provisionally accepted
- 1Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, China
- 2Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
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Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus L.), a globally significant economic crop generating billions of dollars annually, faces severe production limitations due to persistent Fusarium wilt caused by continuous cropping. The disease emerges following watermelon cultivation, driven by the invasion of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum, the accumulation of allelochemicals in the rhizosphere, changes in soil properties, and disruptions to the soil microbial community. These factors interact complexly, influencing plant health and soil conditions. This review examines the causes and impacts of watermelon Fusarium wilt. It explores various control strategies, including developing resistant cultivars, adjusting planting systems and agricultural practices, soil fumigation, microbial inoculants, targeted fertilization, and reductive soil disinfection. Additionally, Future wilt control may leverage nanomaterial delivery systems for precisely targeted, environmentally sustainable fungicide applications in watermelon production. This review aims to establish a scientific foundation for preventing and controlling watermelon Fusarium wilt.
Keywords: watermelon, Fusarium Wilt, rhizosphere, soil microbial community, control measures
Received: 28 Mar 2025; Accepted: 22 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Tong, Du, Xiao, Zhou, Zheng, Deng, Zheng and Chen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Ming Chen, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, China
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