A high-esteem dietary component, tomato feeds rural and urban populations worldwide. Many factors contribute to decreased tomato output, including fungus, bacteria, nematodes, viruses, and dominating weeds. The most important and common tomato disease is Fusarium wilt, which is brought on by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici. Only tomatoes are susceptible to this soil-borne Hyphomycetes disease, which causes wilt. Young plants show vein-let clearing and petiole drooping first. Fusarium wilt causes yellowing of older leaves. Lower leaves yellow and die. To infect host plants, Fusarium species generate macroconidia, microconidia, mycelia, and chlamydospores. Dormant, parasitic, and saprophytic phases comprise the life cycle. Most saprobes are harmless; however certain parasitic species produce mycotoxins on plants.
chlamydospores, Fusarium oxysporum, macroconidia, parasitic species
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