Hosts date palm | EPPO code FUSSAL | |
Common names fusarium wilt of date palm
tracheomycosis of date palm Causal agents Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. albedinis Distribution Morocco and western Algeria Treatment new cultivars resistant to the disease |
Bayoud disease is an epiphytic fungal disease of date palm. The pathogen responsible for the disease is Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. albedinis.
The disease was first reported from Morocco in 1870. The word "bayoud" is derived from the Arabic abiadh ("white"), and is a reference to the whitish discoloration of diseased fronds.
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