The bananas in your supermarket and that you eat for breakfast are facing functional extinction due to the disease Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB), caused by a fungal pathogen called Fusarium oxysporum ...

Ecuadorian scientists are developing a biotechnological strategy to stop banana wilt by genetically editing the causative fungus. Global banana production—one of the pillars of food security and a key ...

Fusarium wilt caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum poses a major threat to banana cultivation worldwide. The pathogen is detrimental to bananas. As banana cultivation plays a crucial role in global ...

Cotton farmers worldwide have long witnessed Fusarium wilt, a fungal disease that causes rapid wilting and sudden death of cotton plants in nearly all cotton growing regions of the world. Fusarium ...