Abstract:[Background] Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 4 (Foc4) has been a life-threatening disease to banana production. Present studies have shown that soil pH is negatively correlated to the onset of banana wilt disease. However, most studies of influence of the pH on growth of Foc4 of banana were done under the condition of the pH being adjusted with strong acid and alkali, without tested the terminal pH of the test medium. In fact, the investigation of the pH on Foc4 is not systematic and the results of the study are not practice to guide farmers to remedy the Foc4 disease by modifying the soil pH. [Objective] to study the effect of pH on growth, sporulation and spore germination of Foc4 as well as the side effect of growth, sporulation and spore germination of Foc4 on the environmental pH throughly. [Methods] Laboratory incubations with 9 pH treatments from pH 3.0 to pH 11.0 were applied in the study. [Results] The most suitable condition for growth, sporulation and spore germination of the Foc4 is weak acid to neutral environment, being pH 5.0 to 7.0. The average germination rate of spores in weakly alkaline environment (pH 8.0 and pH 9.0) was decreased by 73.1% compared to that in weakly acidic environment (pH 5.0 and pH 6.0). Compared with the acid treatment under pH 6.0, the sporulation rate under pH 8.0 and pH 9.0 decreased by 52.3% and 68.1%, respectively. [Conclusion] The growth and germination of Foc4 is able to secrete acid. However, terminal pH of the liquid medium has been stable when pH buffer system is used in the medium to culture the Foc4, except for treatment of pH 9.0 and pH 10.0. The terminal pH of the treatment of pH 9.0 and pH 10.0 only decreased by 0.34 and 0.27 units respectively. The results indicated that the reliable results of the effect of pH on the Foc4 growth and germination should be under the pH buffer system liquid medium. Within the pH range where the crop can grow (pH 5.0?9.0), alkaline and slightly alkaline conditions (pH 8.0?9.0) are capable to inhibit the growth, sporulation and spore germination of Foc4 significantly.