Epidemic Alert in the Philippines and China for F.oxysporum f.sp. cubense FOC R4T (2018)

The emergence of a more pathogenic race of the fungus: Foc tropical race 4, poses a threat to the banana industry in Asia. The paper mentions the taxonomy of F. oxysporum f.sp. cubense, the global importance and its occurrence in China and the Philippines, mentioning the risk of entering musaceae material from countries where the disease is present, and describes the symptoms and distribution of the disease.