PANAMA DISEASE


Meaning of PANAMA DISEASE in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized P

Etymology: so called from its first occurrence in banana plantations of Panama

: a destructive vascular disease of the banana caused by a fungus ( Fusarium oxysporum cubense ) and characterized by wilting and yellowing of leaves and death of affected shoots

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