Panama disease

English

Noun

Panama disease (uncountable)

  1. A disease of the roots of banana plants, caused by the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum.

See also

  • tropical race 1 (“TR1”) (the pathogen of the Gros Michel banana)
  • tropical race 4 (“TR4”) (the pathogen of the Cavendish banana)
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