fusarium

American  

[fyoo-zair-ee-uhm] / fyuˈzɛər i əm /

noun

plural

fusaria

1. any fungus of the genus Fusarium, occurring primarily in temperate regions and causing a variety of diseases in plants and animals, producing in humans a loss of fingernails and sometimes blindness.

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Etymology

Origin of fusarium

< New Latin (1832), equivalent to Latin fūs ( us ) spindle + -ārium -ary

Example Sentences

The only way to eradicate fusarium is to rip out plants and sow other crops like corn or grains which are not susceptible to the fungus, the FAO says.

From Reuters • May 10, 2023

Invasive shothole borers have sickened at least 65 varieties of SoCal urban trees — such as box elders, maples, willows, sycamores, oaks and cottonwoods — by infesting them with their primary food source, fusarium fungus.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2022

With fusarium plaguing the agave that isn't being stolen, and foreign factories buying everything up, María is having trouble paying her employees full wages.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2022

He is launching another variety — SevenTY III — that resists a strain of fusarium that is a major bane to growers in Florida.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2014

The principal measures that are widely used are seed treatment against damping off, use of resistant strains against fusarium wilt and application of bordeaux mixture against leaf blights.

From The Tomato by Work, Paul