UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM

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ALL AGRICULTURALLY RELEVANT CROP SPECIES SUFFER LOSSES DUE TO PATHOGENS AND PARASITES, AND LIMITING THESE LOSSES IS A KEY SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL PROBLEM. MORE SPECIFICALLY, MOST (IF NOT ALL) CROPS CAN SUFFER DEVASTATING LOSSES DUE TO FUNGAL PATHOGENS, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM THE GENUS FUSARIUM. THE SPECIALTY CROP FICUS CARICA, OR THE CULTIVATED FIG, IS NO DIFFERENT - IN THE UNITED STATES F. CARICA GROWERS CAN SUFFER UP TO 50% LOSSES PER GROWING SEASON DUE TO A FUSARIUM DISEASE KNOWN AS FIG ENDO

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