The Onion Podcast 15: New Onion Disease Found in Utah

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Is new onion disease coming to your fields?

It’s too soon to say, but Fusarium proliferatum has been found in Utah. Last seen in Idaho in 2014, it was only a one-year problem.

On this episode, Claudia Nischwitz with Utah State explains what she found and then onion grower Curtis Marble tells us he lost 40% of his yellow onion crop in 2021 due to the new disease.

Claudia Nischwitz

Curtis and Lisa Marble

Disease Quiz showing pictures of Fusarium proliferatum.

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