Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici

Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici
Tomato plant affected by Fusarium oxysporum with brown stem and wilted leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Subclass: Hypocreomycetidae
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Nectriaceae
Genus: Fusarium
Species: F. oxysporum
Trinomial name
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici
W.C. Snyder & H.N. Hansen, (1940)
Synonyms

Fusarium bulbigenum var. lycopersici (Bruschi) Wollenw. & Reinking, (1935)
Fusarium lycopersici Sacc., (1881)
Fusarium lycopersici Bruschi

Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici is a fungal plant pathogen. It is a big pathogen to the tomato plant. It has a violet to white color on most media but does not produce a pigment on Kings B media.


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