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Definition of Genus fusarium
1. Noun. A form genus of mostly plant parasites some of which cause dry rot; in humans a species can cause inflammation of cornea leading to blindness.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Fusarium
Literary usage of Genus fusarium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"The form genus Fusarium (Fig. 109), established by Link in 1809, is one which
has come into prominence ... The genus Fusarium is divisible into sections not ..."
2. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"FUSARIUM: OTHER SPECIES It is apparent that the old view, which held species of
the genus Fusarium to be largely saprophytic, must be considerably modified. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"... and of the form-genus Fusarium. Very little was known relative to the treatment
of plant diseases beyond the fact that mildews in hothouses were ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"The genus Fusarium, which includes several species growing on dead animal matter
of various sorts, receives an interesting addition under the name F. ..."
5. Veterinary Bacteriology: A Treatise on the Bacteria, Yeasts, Molds, and by Robert Earle Buchanan (1911)
"THE genus fusarium The members of this genus are nearly all saprophytes or plant
parasites. Fusarium is included among the Fungi imperfecti, as a sexual or ..."
6. British Fungus-flora: A Classified Text-book of Mycology by George. Massee (1893)
"Veg., p. 481; Sacc., Syll., iv. p. 725. Perhaps too closely allied to the genus
Fusarium, and distinguished principally by the broadly effused, ..."