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Panama wilt of Banana
The plants emerged from suckers growing out of diseased corms also wilt and die.
Causal organism: Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubens (E.F SMITH) Panama wilt is one of the most devastating diseases of banana crop in the world being reported for the first time from Australia in 1874. In many countries banana trade was affected because of the wide spread occurrence of this disease.. It is a vascular pathogen and Rasthali, groups are susceptible. Symptoms Etiology
Primary source of inoculum: The pathogen is both soil and water borne, spreads through infected suckers (rhizomes) and survives in soil as chlamydospores for long period.
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