noun
definition
Any of various fungi, of the genus Fusarium, some of which are pathogenic to plants and animals.
Examples of fusarium in a Sentence
The determining cause of the formation of the tubers is not certainly known, but Professor Bernard has suggested that it is the presence of a fungus, Fusarium solani, which, growing in the underground shoots, irritates them and causes the swelling; the result is that an efficient method of propagation is secured independently of the seed.
This form of fruit is succeeded by others which have received different names, and lastly by the mature Nectria which forms minute red flask-shaped perithecia on parts of the rotted potatoes that have dried up. The intermediate forms are known as Monosporium, Fusarium and Cephalosporium.
In Europe alone, fusarium head blight destroys a fifth of wheat harvests.
Fusarium rot, which usually causes the corm to disintegrate in the soil or during storage, shows itself as corrugated surface lesions.
The role of saprophytic microflora in the development of fusarium ear blight of winter wheat caused by Fusarium culmorum.
More Advice for wheat farmers published Tuesday 20 June 2006 The Agency has published advice to help farmers reduce fusarium mycotoxins in wheat.
More Managing fusarium mycotoxin risk The Agency is currently developing a Code of Practice to reduce fusarium mycotoxins in cereals.
The greatest fusarium patch infection occurs from early fall to early winter when the potassium level of tissue is approaching its lowest level.
Gardeners and farm laborers convey spores from one bed or field to another; carted soil, manure, &c., may abound in spores of Smuts, Fusarium, Polyporei and in sclerotia; and articles through the post and so forth often carry infective spores.
This stands for Verticillium, Fusarium and Nematode resistance material.