title: Pathogen profile update: Fusarium oxysporum.
abstract: METHODS
  Kingdom Fungi; Phylum Ascomycota; Class Sordariomycetes; Order Hypocreales; Family Nectriaceae; genus Fusarium.
  
  
  METHODS
  Very broad at the species level. More than 120 different formae speciales have been identified based on specificity to host species belonging to a wide range of plant families.
  
  
  METHODS
  Initial symptoms of vascular wilt include vein clearing and leaf epinasty, followed by stunting, yellowing of the lower leaves, progressive wilting, defoliation and, finally, death of the plant. On fungal colonization, the vascular tissue turns brown, which is clearly visible in cross-sections of the stem. Some formae speciales are not primarily vascular pathogens, but cause foot and root rot or bulb rot.
  Can cause severe losses in many vegetables and flowers, field crops, such as cotton, and plantation crops, such as banana, date palm and oil palm.
  
  
  METHODS
  Use of resistant varieties is the only practical measure for controlling the disease in the field. In glasshouses, soil sterilization can be performed.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  http://www.broad.mit.edu/annotation/genome/fusarium_group/MultiHome.html; http://www.fgsc.net/Fusarium/fushome.htm; http://www.phi-base.org/query.php
authors.affiliation: Plant Pathology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Caroline B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Michielse
authors.forename: Martijn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rep
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D005670:Fusarium / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020675:Peroxisomes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors