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Cotton farmers worldwide have long witnessed Fusarium wilt, a fungal disease that causes rapid wilting and sudden death of cotton plants in nearly all cotton growing regions of the world. Fusarium ...

The bananas in your supermarket and that you eat for breakfast are facing functional extinction due to the disease Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB), caused by a fungal pathogen called Fusarium oxysporum ...

Fusarium wilt of lettuce is a devastating vascular disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae, which poses a significant threat to lettuce production globally. The pathogen invades the plant ...

Fusarium wilt caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum poses a major threat to banana cultivation worldwide. The pathogen is detrimental to bananas. As banana cultivation plays a crucial role in global ...

QHow should I reduce the effects of fusarium wilt in my tomato plants? AGenerally, fusarium wilt is controlled by planting tomato varieties that are resistant to the fungus that causes the disease.

Fusarium wilt of banana is currently decimating the Cavendish banana —the world’s most popular commercially available banana. Once present in a banana field, the fungus cannot be eradicated, making ...

88% of nation's strawberries are grown in California Fusarium wilt is one of the most common reasons for strawberry crop loss and death Disease has spread quickly after fumigant methyl bromide was ...

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Strawberry losses from Fusarium wilt could become less of a threat after researchers at the University of California, Davis, discovered genes that are resistant to the deadly soil-borne disease. “What ...

Plant and Soil, Vol. 392, No. 1/2, Part I: Special Issue Microbial ecology in soil-plant interactions (July 2015), pp. 101-114 (14 pages) Aims The study aimed at identifying volatile organic compounds ...