Elsewhere, it was wiped out by Panama disease, a wilt caused by a fungus called fusarium.

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Fusarium is widespread problem in what fields, and it predated GM technology.

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As the Bt-corn fends off insect pests, it also reduces the levels of the mold Fusarium, thereby reducing the levels of the fungal toxin fumonisin.

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Over the centuries, the main culprits in mass food poisoning have often been mycotoxins, such as ergotamine from ergot or fumonisin from Fusarium species, resulting from the fungal contamination of unprocessed crops.

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