“…scolymus), cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), olive tree (Olea europaea L.) and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) among others (Pegg and Brady, 2002). In Spain, Verticillium constitutes an important constraint for the production of cotton, artichoke, and, particularly, of olive tree (Bejarano-Alcázar et al, 1996;Korolev et al, 2001;Jiménez-Díaz et al, 2006;Navas-Cortés et al, 2008;Berbegal et al, 2010;Jiménez-Díaz et al, 2011;López-Escudero and Mercado-Blanco, 2011).…”