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Worse Comes to Worst: Bananas and Panama Disease—When Plant and Pathogen Clones Meet
Author(s) -
N. Ordóñez,
Michael Seidl,
Cees Waalwijk,
A. Drenth,
Andrzej Kilian,
Bart P. H. J. Thomma,
R. C. Ploetz,
G.H.J. Kema
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
plos pathogens
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.719
H-Index - 206
eISSN - 1553-7374
pISSN - 1553-7366
DOI - 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005197
Subject(s) - panama , biology , pathogen , fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense , fusarium oxysporum , genetic diversity , disease management , subtropics , race (biology) , botany , genetics , fusarium wilt , ecology , medicine , population , biochemistry , systematic review , environmental health , medline
This article deals with: Bananas: their origin and global rollout; genetic diversity of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense, the causal agent of Panama Disease; Panama Disease: history repeats itself; tropical race 4, a single pathogen clone, threatens global banana production; strategies for sustainable Panama Disease management.

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