Fusarium equiseti: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Sordariomycetes
Order
Hypocreales
Family
Nectriaceae
Genus
Fusarium
Species
Fusarium equiseti
Scientific Name
Fusarium equiseti

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Fusarium equiseti

Fusarium equiseti is a fungal species and plant pathogen on a varied range of crops.

It is considered to be a weak pathogen on cereals and is occasionally found to be associated with 'Fusarium head blight' infected kernels. It is commonly found in tropical and sub-tropical areas.

The species has been reported to be a causal organism of wilt in Capsicum chinense in Mexico in 2016.

Fusarium equiseti is also one of the causal organisms for causing chilli wilt in Kashmir along with other fungi species; Fusarium oxysporum and Fusarium solani.

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