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Letter to the Editor|07 Jan 2026|OPEN
Host suppression of the novel virulent effector FocSP1 improves banana resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4
Huoqing Huang1 ,† , Siwen Liu1 ,† , Yong Zhang2 ,† , Yushan Liu1 , Chunhua Hu1 , Qiong Wang3 , Heqiang Huo4 , Mudassar Ahmad1 , Guiming Deng1 , Weiqing Zeng3 , , Ganjun Yi1 , and Chunyu Li,1 ,
1Institute of Fruit Tree Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Key Laboratory of South Subtropical Fruit Biology and Genetic Resource Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Science and Technology Research on Fruit Tree, Guangzhou 510640, China
2Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30458, USA
3Health & Biosciences, International Flavors & Fragrances, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA
4Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida, Apopka, FL 32703, USA
*Corresponding author. E-mail: weiqing.zeng@iff.com,yiganjun@vip.163.com,lichunyu@gdaas.cn
Huoqing Huang,Siwen Liu and Yong Zhang contributed equally to the study.

Horticulture Research 13,
Article number: uhag008 (2026)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhag008
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Received: 29 Jul 2025
Accepted: 31 Dec 2025
Published online: 07 Jan 2026

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