Bayoud disease

Bayoud disease is an epiphytic fungal disease of date palm.[1][2] The pathogen responsible for the disease is Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. albedinis.[3][4][5]

Bayoud disease
Common names	fusarium wilt of date palm tracheomycosis of date palm
Causal agents	Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. albedinis
Hosts	date palm
EPPO Code	FUSSAL
Distribution	Morocco and western Algeria
Treatment	new cultivars resistant to the disease

The disease was first reported from Morocco in 1870. The word "bayoud" is derived from the Arabic abiadh ("white"), and is a reference to the whitish discoloration of diseased fronds.[1]

References

1. Zaid, A.; de Wet, P. F.; Djerbi, M.; Oihabi, A. (2002). "Diseases And Pests Of Date Palm". In Zaid, Abdelouahhab (ed.). Date Palm Cultivation. FAO. pp. 227–82. ISBN 978-92-5-104863-4.
2. El Hassni, Majida; El Hadrami, Abdelbasset; Daayf, Fouad; Chérif, Mohamed; Barka, Essaid Ait; El Hadrami, Ismaïl (2007). "Biological control of bayoud disease in date palm: Selection of microorganisms inhibiting the causal agent and inducing defense reactions". Environmental and Experimental Botany. 59 (2): 224–34. doi:10.1016/j.envexpbot.2005.12.008.
3. Bougaada, Toufik (December 28, 2011). "Scientists find desert cure for date disease". SciDev.Net.
4. Dihazi, Abdelhi; Jaiti, Fatima; Wafataktak; Kilani-Feki, Olfa; Jaoua, Samir; Driouich, Azeddine; Baaziz, Mohamed; Daayf, Fouad; Serghini, Mohammed Amine (2012). "Use of two bacteria for biological control of bayoud disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum in date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L) seedlings". Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 55: 7–15. doi:10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.03.003. PMID 22480991.
5. El Hassni, M.; j'Aiti, F.; Dihazi, A.; Ait Barka, E.; Daayf, F.; El Hadrami, I. (2004). "Enhancement of Defence Responses against Bayoud Disease by Treatment of Date Palm Seedlings with an Hypoaggressive Fusarium oxysporum Isolate". Journal of Phytopathology. 152 (3): 182–9. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0434.2004.00824.x.

Further reading

• Tantaoui, Abdelaziz (1996). "Characterization of a Single Clonal Lineage of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis Causing Bayoud Disease of Date Palm in Morocco". Phytopathology. 86 (7): 787–92. doi:10.1094/Phyto-86-787.
• El Hadrami, I.; Ramos, T.; El Bellaj, M.; El Idrissi-Tourane, A.; Macheix, J. J. (1997). "A Sinapic Derivative as an Induced Defence Compound of Date Palm Against Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. albedinis, the Agent Causing Bayoud Disease". Journal of Phytopathology. 145 (8–9): 329–33. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0434.1997.tb00409.x.