Thread subject: Diptera.info :: f.sp. ?

Posted by BubikolRamios on 16-07-2010 13:43
#1

Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cepae

ok, in this case it probably means it grows on onion, but does it differ in any way from
just Fusarium oxysporum or 'Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. anything else '

What exactly f.sp. means ?

Posted by Tony Irwin on 16-07-2010 15:45
#2

From http://www.apsnet...dGlossary/

f. sp. (abbr. for forma specialis)
a taxonomic group within a pathogenic species defined in terms of host range, i.e. members of different formae speciales infect different groups of plants

Posted by BubikolRamios on 16-07-2010 16:03
#3

Thanks.