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SUBMITTER: Raman T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8469521 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Raman Thangavelu T Edwin Raj Esack E Muthukathan Gopi G Loganathan Murugan M Periyasamy Pushpakanth P Natesh Marimuthu M Manivasakan Prabaharan P Kotteeswaran Sharmila S Rajendran Sasikala S Subbaraya Uma U
Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) 20210831 9
Fusarium wilt is caused by the fungus <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f. sp. <i>cubense</i> (<i>Foc</i>) and is the most serious disease affecting bananas (<i>Musa</i> spp.). The fungus is classified into <i>Foc</i> race 1 (R1), <i>Foc</i> race 2, and <i>Foc</i> race 4 based on host specificity. As the rate of spread and the ranges of the devastation of the <i>Foc</i> races exceed the centre of the banana's origin, even in non-targeted cultivars, there is a possibility of variation in virulence-associ ...[more]