Panama disease of banana occurred in Miyakojima Island, Okinawa, Japan

• Published in: Journal of general plant pathology : JGPP Vol. 84; no. 2; pp. 165 - 168
• Main Authors: Nitani, Takao, Akai, Kotaro, Hasegawa, Ryo, Ayukawa, Yu, Garcia, Ricardo Romero, Chitose, Atsushi, Komatsu, Ken, Kikuno, Hidehiko, Natsuaki, Keiko T., Arie, Tsutomu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01-03-2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Bananas; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Discoloration; Disease Note; Fruits; Fusarium oxysporum; Inoculation; Life Sciences; Microbiology; Plant diseases; Plant Pathology; Plant populations; Plant tissues; Wilt; Yellowing; Miyako Island; Japan; Panama; Okinawa; Panama disease; Wilt; Banana
• ISSN: 1345-2630; 1610-739X
• DOI: 10.1007/s10327-018-0769-4

In 2016, in Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan, banana plants (
Musa
 × 
paradisiaca
) ‘Shima-banana’ developed yellowing and wilt associated with vascular discoloration of the pseudostems.
Fusarium oxysporum
, identified based on morphological characters, was frequently isolated from the vascular tissue of the infected plant and reproduced the original symptoms on ‘Shima-banana’ after drench inoculation with a spore suspension. Thereby, we determined that the disease is Panama disease caused by
F. oxysporum
. This is the first official report of Panama disease (Panama-byo in Japanese) of banana in Japan.