{{Short description|Epiphytic fungal disease}} {{infobox plant disease | name = Bayoud disease | image = | caption = | common_names = fusarium wilt of date palm<br>tracheomycosis of date palm | hosts = date palm | causal_agents = ''Fusarium oxysporum'' f.sp. ''albedinis'' | vectors = | EPPO_codes = FUSSAL | distribution = Morocco and western Algeria | treatment = new cultivars resistant to the disease }} '''Bayoud disease''' is an epiphytic fungal disease of date palm.<ref name=fao>{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/y4360e/y4360e0g.htm |chapter=Diseases And Pests Of Date Palm |first1=A. |last1=Zaid |first2=P. F. |last2=de Wet |first3=M. |last3=Djerbi |first4=A. |last4=Oihabi |editor1-first=Abdelouahhab |editor1-last=Zaid |year=2002 |title=Date Palm Cultivation |publisher=FAO |isbn=978-92-5-104863-4 |pages=227–82}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.envexpbot.2005.12.008 |title=Biological control of bayoud disease in date palm: Selection of microorganisms inhibiting the causal agent and inducing defense reactions |year=2007 |last1=El Hassni |first1=Majida |last2=El Hadrami |first2=Abdelbasset |last3=Daayf |first3=Fouad |last4=Chérif |first4=Mohamed |last5=Barka |first5=Essaid Ait |last6=El Hadrami |first6=Ismaïl |journal=Environmental and Experimental Botany |volume=59 |issue=2 |pages=224–34}}</ref> The pathogen responsible for the disease is ''Fusarium oxysporum'' f.sp. ''albedinis''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scidev.net/global/farming/news/scientists-find-desert-cure-for-date-disease.html |title=Scientists find desert cure for date disease |date=December 28, 2011 |publisher=SciDev.Net |first=Toufik |last=Bougaada}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.03.003 |title=Use of two bacteria for biological control of bayoud disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum in date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L) seedlings |year=2012 |last1=Dihazi |first1=Abdelhi |last2=Jaiti |first2=Fatima |last3=Wafataktak |last4=Kilani-Feki |first4=Olfa |last5=Jaoua |first5=Samir |last6=Driouich |first6=Azeddine |last7=Baaziz |first7=Mohamed |last8=Daayf |first8=Fouad |last9=Serghini |first9=Mohammed Amine |journal=Plant Physiology and Biochemistry |volume=55 |pages=7–15 |pmid=22480991 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1111/j.1439-0434.2004.00824.x |title=Enhancement of Defence Responses against Bayoud Disease by Treatment of Date Palm Seedlings with an Hypoaggressive Fusarium oxysporum Isolate |year=2004 |last1=El Hassni |first1=M. |last2=j'Aiti |first2=F. |last3=Dihazi |first3=A. |last4=Ait Barka |first4=E. |last5=Daayf |first5=F. |last6=El Hadrami |first6=I. |journal=Journal of Phytopathology |volume=152 |issue=3 |pages=182–9}}</ref>
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.<ref name=fao/>
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== Further reading == *{{cite journal |doi=10.1094/Phyto-86-787 |title=Characterization of a Single Clonal Lineage of ''Fusarium oxysporum'' f. sp. ''albedinis'' Causing Bayoud Disease of Date Palm in Morocco |year=1996 |last1=Tantaoui |first1=Abdelaziz |journal=Phytopathology |volume=86 |issue=7 |pages=787–92}} *{{cite journal |doi=10.1111/j.1439-0434.1997.tb00409.x |title=A Sinapic Derivative as an Induced Defence Compound of Date Palm Against ''Fusarium oxysporum'' f.sp. ''albedinis'', the Agent Causing Bayoud Disease |year=1997 |last1=El Hadrami |first1=I. |last2=Ramos |first2=T. |last3=El Bellaj |first3=M. |last4=El Idrissi-Tourane |first4=A. |last5=Macheix |first5=J. J. |journal=Journal of Phytopathology |volume=145 |issue=8–9 |pages=329–33}}
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