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fusarium, n.|fjuːˈzɛərɪəm| Pl. fusaria, fusariums. [a. mod.L. generic name Fusarium (H. F. Link 1809, in Magaz. Ges. Naturf. Freunde III. 10), f. L. fusus spindle: see -ary1, and cf. med.L. fusarius (Du Cange).] Any of various hyphomycetous fungi of the genus Fusarium, members of which are responsible for various wilting diseases of plants. Freq. used attrib. (esp. as fusarium wilt, fusarium rot), and occas. absol., to designate these diseases, or the infestations which cause them.
1907Fruit Grower 26 Sept. 214/1 Fusarium now seems to be as fond of the cucumber, carnation and aster as it is of the tomato. 1911Bull. Ohio Agric. Exper. Station No. 229. 299 (heading) The Fusarium blight (wilt) and dry rot of the potato. 1914Jrnl. Agric. Res. I. 475 Helminthosporiums, Alternarias, Cladosporiums, and Fusariums were obtained. 1918E. J. Butler Fungi & Dis. in Plants i. 35 Fusarium is undeniably carried from field to field by the latter [sc. surface wash after heavy rain], as we know from the spread of the Fusarium wilts. 1919Bull. Univ. Minnesota Agric. Exper. Station No. 181. 19 Little information is as yet at hand regarding the distribution or seriousness of Fusaria affecting the garden pea in the United States. 1948Phytopathology XXXVIII. 13 Within the 12 years since the fusarium wilt of Albizzia was discovered, it has spread widely until now it is known in 76 counties from Maryland to Alabama. 1955J. H. Wellington S. Afr. II. i. i. 13 Yields are often reduced considerably by diseases and insect pests. Of the former the most serious are dry rot..and pink or fusarium rot (Giberella spp.), which attacks the root. 1976J. Snow Cricket Rebel 132 It [sc. the wicket] had been attacked by a fungi [sic] called fusarium. 1981Southern Hort. (N.Z.) Spring 3/2 It is widely held that the big problem with growing asparagus is fusarium, a disease which penetrates the crowns. |