**Abstract**

Banana is one of the most important fruit crops. The major losses in banana mainly due to the fungal wilt disease which is caused by *Fusarium oxysporum* f. sp. *cubense.* The pathogen is mainly soil bone and saprotrophic in nature that's why its management is very difficult. The yearly losses of banana by this disease in the world is ranging from 60 to 90% and in India 30–40%. Sustainable management of panama wilt is must to overcome these losses occur in banana. The management strategies for longer duration through crop rotation, organic amendment, application of micronutrient like silicon (Si), borax, host-pathogen interaction, hormonal induction of defence response, biological control, transgenic approach, disease resistance developed by somaclonal variation. These approaches are mainly emphasized for long term management of the panama wilt disease.

**Keywords:** *Fusarium oxysporum* f. sp. *cubense*, Fusarium wilt, banana, sustainable management
