EPPO Global Database

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical race 4(FUSAC4)

Distribution details in India

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
First found in Bihar in 2015, it was then found in other states (Uttar Pradesh in 2017, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat in 2018).
References
* Damodaran T, Mishra VK, Jha SK, Gopal R, Rajan S, Ahmed I (2019) First report of Fusarium wilt in banana caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical race 4 in India. Plant Disease 103(5), 1022-1023.
------- First record of Tropical race 4 in Uttar Pradesh in 2017.

* ProMed posting (no. 20180427.5770596) of 2018-04-27. Panama disease TR4, banana - India: spread. http://www.promedmail.org/post/5770596
------- TR4 reached Uttar Pradesh in 2017 and Madhya Pradesh in 2018.

* Thangavelu R, Mostert D, Gopi M, Ganga Devi P, Padmanaban B, Molina AB, Viljoen A (2019) First detection of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (TR4) on Cavendish banana in India. European Journal of Plant Pathology 154(3), 777-786.
------- First record of of Tropical race 4 in Bihar (symptoms were first observed in 2015).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
China Guangxi Present, no details view...
China Present, restricted distribution view...
China Guangdong Present, no details view...
China Yunnan Present, no details view...
China Hainan Present, no details view...
China Fujian Present, no details view...
Myanmar Present, no details view...
Pakistan Present, no details view...