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Fusarium acuminatum (stalk rot of maize )
Fusarium acuminatum
stalk rot of maize
Fusarium acuminatum, Fusarium scirpi, Fusarium scirpi var. acuminatum
Africa: Algeria, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa; Asia: Azerbaijan, China, India, Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey; Europe: Italy, Norway, Poland; North America: Canada, Panama, USA; Oceana: Australia, New Zealand; South America: Argentina, Chile.
CA, CO, GA, ID, IA, MS, MT, ND, OH, OR, TX
2025-10-24
fungus
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Main: corn; Other: onion,
GIBBAC
Fusarium acuminatum is a soil-borne saprophytic fungus, commonly found on plant debris and associated with the roots and crowns of many crops. It survives in soil as chlamydospores and can persist on crop residues or storage surfaces. F. acuminatum can be confused with F. equiseti due to similar traits.
1 Known Hosts
Zea mays
corn
No
GIBBAC-1, GIBBAC-2, GIBBAC-3, GIBBAC-4
Although F. acuminatum has been found on stored grain, there is no evidence that seed is a pathway in corn.
2025-10-24 13:57:05
GIBBAC-1
Marín, P., Moretti, A., Ritieni, A., Jurado, M., Vázquez, C., & González-Jaén, M. T. (2012). Phylogenetic analyses and toxigenic profiles of Fusarium equiseti and Fusarium acuminatum isolated from cereals from Southern Europe. Food Microbiology, 31(2), 229-237.
GIBBAC-2
Pouleur, S., Richard, C., Martin, J. G., & Antoun, H. (1992). Ice nucleation activity in Fusarium acuminatum and Fusarium avenaceum. Applied and environmental microbiology, 58(9), 2960-2964.
GIBBAC-3
Li, Y., Yu, J., Guo, Z., Song, X., Xu, M., He, K., ... & Chi, Y. (2023). First report of peanut root rot caused by Fusarium acuminatum in Shandong Province, China. Plant Disease, 107(9), 2882.
GIBBAC-4
Okello, P. N., Petrović, K., Kontz, B., & Mathew, F. M. (2019). Eight species of Fusarium cause root rot of corn (Zea mays) in South Dakota. Plant Health Progress, 20(1), 38-43.
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