Fungal endophytes in bananas cv Manzano affected by Fusarium (2019)

Endophyte populations on apple-banana affected by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 1 were studied. Endophytes were isolated from two commercial farms in Urabá-Colombia, taking leaf, pseudostem, corm and root tissues from healthy and diseased plants. Two conventional disinfestation methods were used: 2% hypochlorite + 70% ethanol and chlorine gas. A total of 143 isolates of 11 genera were obtained from healthy plants with the following frequencies: Fusarium sp. (18.67%), Fusarium sp. (18.67%), Fusarium sp. (18.67%), Fusarium sp. (18.67%), Fusarium sp. (18.67%) and Fusarium sp. (18.67%). These studies are important because currently the variant of the Foc population known as Foc Race 4 Tropical (Foc R4T) is present in Asia, Oceania and Africa and America causing damage to plantations and the economy.