| Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense | |
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| Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense race 1 growing for several days on brown rice | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Nectriaceae |
| Genus: | Fusarium |
| Species: | F. oxysporum |
| Forma specialis: | F. o. f.sp. cubense |
| Trionomial name | |
| Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense E.F.Sm., W.C.Snyder & H.N.Hansen (1940) | |
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Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense is a fungal plant pathogen that causes Panama disease of banana (Musa spp.), also known as Fusarium wilt. The fungi and the related disease are responsible for widespread pressure on banana growing regions, destroying the economic viability of several commercially important banana varieties.