A group of related fungal diseases caused by host specialized forms of Fusarium oxysporum that block a plant's water conducting tissue, causing wilting, yellowing and death in crops including banana, tomato, cotton, melon and legumes worldwide. Individual host specialized forms can persist in soil for decades, making infested fields difficult or impossible to replant with a susceptible crop.
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Tomato, Crops Fusarium wilt of tomato (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici) is the archetypal disease that gave the fungus its host-specific 'forma specialis' naming.
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In South Korea, where Fusarium wilt is the most serious soil-borne disease of strawberry, losses in transplant production of up to 30% have been reported.
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Fusarium wilt is a common vascular wilt fungal disease, exhibiting symptoms similar to Verticillium wilt. This disease has been investigated extensively since the early years of this century. The pathogen that causes Fusarium wilt is Fusarium oxysporum. The species is further divided into formae speciales based on host plant.
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A group of related fungal diseases caused by host specialized forms of Fusarium oxysporum that block a plant's water conducting tissue, causing wilting, yellowing and death in crops including banana, tomato, cotton, melon and legumes worldwide.
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Other control methods include planting resistant varieties, removing infected plant tissue to prevent overwintering of the disease, using soil and systemic fungicides to eradicate the disease from the soil, flood fallowing, and using clean seeds each year.
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