fusarium

[ fyoo-zair-ee-uhm ]

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noun

, plural fu·sar·i·a [fyoo-, zair, -ee-, uh].

any fungus of the genus Fusarium, occurring primarily in temperate regions and causing a variety of diseases in plants and animals, producing in humans a loss of fingernails and sometimes blindness.

< New Latin (1832), equivalent to Latin fūs ( us ) spindle + -ārium -ary

The infection in the Fusarium wilt appears to come entirely from the soil.

The vascular bundles of affected plants were browned as in Verticillium or Fusarium wilt and in some bacterial diseases.

Marglobe is a midseason variety, with large vine and foliage, resistant to fusarium and nailhead spot.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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