Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various pathogenic fungi of the genus Fusarium, chiefly inhabiting temperate climates and infecting both plants and animals. In humans, infection may cause inflammation of the cornea and external ear.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large genus of hyphomycetous fungi, having more or less effused sporodochia and bearing mostly spindle-shaped or sickle-shaped light or bright colored conidia on branched conidiophores.
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- noun biology Any of various
fungi , of the genus Fusarium, that arepathogenic to plants and animals
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The grain-withering fungus called fusarium head blight has cost state farmers billions of dollars in past years.
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Head scab, formally known as fusarium head blight, develops when conditions are wet during a key stage of crop development called flowering, which occurs at different times in the spring depending on location.
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The disease, called fusarium, thrives in the wet grass beneath the snow causing a condition known as 'snow mould' or 'pink patch'.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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One of their biggest concerns is fusarium, which is showing up in the modern varieties, he said.
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One of their biggest concerns is fusarium, which is showing up in the modern varieties, he said.
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You will see it's a deadly toxin produced by varios fungi, such as fusarium, stachybotrys, trichoderma among others; and as stated above, there are many different mycotoxins, just as dangerous.
History Of Molds - Biological Warfare -Recent Victim Speaks Out -Shares Photos 2007
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The agent that poisoned us is called trichothecene - a deadly agent of biowarfare - produced from molds such as fusarium, stachybotrys, among others.
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Many of the modern tomatoes especially the hybrids have been specifically bred to increase disease resistance to verticillum wilt, fusarium, Grey leaf spot etc.
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Many of the modern tomatoes especially the hybrids have been specifically bred to increase disease resistance to verticillum wilt, fusarium, Grey leaf spot etc.
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The company recalled its ReNu with MoistureLoc contact solution in 2006 because of links to fusarium keratitis, a rare fungal eye infection.
Lomb Names a New CEO and New Chairman David Benoit 2010
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