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Chapter 7 **Analysis of Fusarium-Common Beans Pathosystem in Aguascalientes, Mexico 101** José Saul Padilla-Ramírez, Roberto Ochoa-Márquez, Rigoberto Rosales-Serna, Francisco J. Ibarra-Pérez, Reinaldo Méndez-Aguilar, Sanjuana Hernández-Delgado, José Luis Chávez-Servia and Netzahualcoyotl Mayek-Pérez Chapter 8 **Fusarium Wilt: A Killer Disease of Lentil 119** Neha Tiwari, Seid Ahmed and Ashutosh Sarker Chapter 9 **Fusarium Species Complex Causing Pokkah Boeng in China 139** Muqing Zhang and John Martin Jerome Jeyakumar

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purposes of the book are as follows:

caused the infections

me to participate in this project.

range of *Fusarium* species in plants

*choderma* against *Fusarium* species

that enable its opportunistic growth

antifungal and anti-mycotoxigenic compounds

synthesis and the steps to prevent toxin production

lar biologists, genetics, agriculturists, and scientists working in related fields.

caused by *Fusarium* species on a wide scale

This book introduces the properties of the genus *Fusarium* with several aspects. The primary

• To provide an overview of historical importance and taxonomy of *Fusarium* species • To help understand the mechanism of *Fusarium* infections and the factors that

• To discuss diseases caused by *Fusarium* species and the pathogen diversity and host

• To discuss mycotoxin contaminations in cereals, plant secondary metabolites, and

• To discuss plant-*Fusarium* interactions, particularly the antagonistic activity of *Tri‐*

• To study genetic diversity, genetic resistance, and molecular markers with an aim to investigate the population diversity of *Fusarium* and the environmental conditions

• To study the distribution and evolution of the genes responsible for mycotoxin bio‐

• To study suitable approaches for the management of diseases caused by *Fusarium* species and the development of *Fusarium*-resistant cultivars to reduce the diseases

The book comprises 10 chapters from different countries including the USA, Mexico, Indo‐ nesia, China, India, Croatia, and Turkey. I am grateful to all the contributors, leading ex‐ perts, and my colleagues who have collaborated with me on this book project and submitted their chapters for this book on *Fusarium*. They shared their valuable experiences, scientific works, original photographs, figures, and graphics related to the topics discussed in the book. I believe that this book will be beneficial to biologists, mycologists, chemists, molecu‐

I thank my family who supported me with their love and understanding. I offer my special thanks and appreciation to Ms. Kristina Kardum, the IntechOpen Author Service Manager, for her encouragement and help with recommendations for bringing out this book in the present form as well as for her concern, efforts and support in the task of publishing this volume. I also wish to express my sincere gratitude to other workers of IntechOpen for their efforts for publishing the book. I would like to thank IntechOpen for the opportunity given

> **Prof. Dr. Tulin Askun** Balikesir University Balikesir, Turkey

Chapter 10 **Biological Control of Fusarium oxysporum in Tomato Seedling Production with Mexican Strains of Trichoderma 155** Omar Romero Arenas, Jesús Francisco López Olguín, Dionicio Juárez Ramón, Dora Ma. Sangerman-Jarquín, Conrado Parraguirre Lezama, Primo Sánchez Morales and Manuel Huerta Lara
