image: (A-G): External and internal symptoms at six weeks after single inoculations with (A) Fusarium odoratissimum TR4, (B) F. oxysporum f. sp. melongenae, (C) F. oxysporum f. sp. cepae, (D) F. oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici, (E) F. oxysporum f. sp. gladioli, (F) F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense R1, and (G) F. tardichlamydosporum R2. (H-N): External and internal symptoms at six weeks after primed inoculations as follows (H) First inoculation with TR4 followed by challenging with R1 and (I-N) first inoculation as per (B-G) followed by a challenge with TR4. view more
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Inoculating Cavendish bananas with an avirulent Fusarium strain might protect them against devastation by Panama disease
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0273335
Article Title: Induced resistance to Fusarium wilt of banana caused by Tropical Race 4 in Cavendish cv Grand Naine bananas after challenging with avirulent Fusarium spp.
Author Countries: The Netherlands, Colombia
Funding: This research is funded by the WUR-Interdisciplinary Research and Education Fund (INREF), comprising private and public partners, see www.fusariumwilt.org. Banana research at WUR is supported by the Dutch Dioraphte Foundation (https://www.dioraphte.nl) endowed chair in Tropical Phytopathology of GHJK at the WUR-Laboratory of Phytopathology. RA was funded by the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín (https://medellin.unal.edu.co). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Journal
PLOS ONE
Article Title
Induced resistance to Fusarium wilt of banana caused by Tropical Race 4 in Cavendish cv Grand Naine bananas after challenging with avirulent Fusarium spp.
Article Publication Date
21-Sep-2022
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.