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Category : Bananas
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Problems and Progress in Banana Disease Research
Author: Problems and Progress in Banana Disease Research
Author: Estados Unidos). UNITED FRUIT COMPANY. Department of Research (BostonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Fusarium Wilt of Banana
Author: Randy C. PloetzPublisher: American Phytopathological Society
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Fusarium wilt of banana: some history and current status of the disease; Importante of fusarium wilt in different banana-growing regions; Taxonomy of fungi in the genus fusarium with emphasis on fusarium oxysporum; Genetic exchange within sexual and asexual populations of the genus fusarium; Molecular genetics of plant pathogenic fusarium oxysporum; Using karyotype variability to investigate the origins and relatednes of isolates of fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense; Population biology of fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense; Biological control of diseases caused by fusarium oxysporum; Influence of mineral nutrition on fusarium wilt: a proposed mechanism involving cell water relations; Host responses to the pathogen; Banana breeding and fusarium wilt; Breeding bananas and plantains for resistance to fusariu m wilt: the track record; Somaclonal resistance in cavendish banana to fusarium wilt; Baseline tissue and cell culture studies for use in banana improvement schemes.
Banana Improvement
Author: G. J. PersleyPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821337400
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Banana research needs and opportunities; Overview of the banana improvement project; Portfolio of projects; Summary and recommendations.
Banana Breeding
Author: Michael PillayPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439800189
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
With the current world population growth of 1.2%, the earth can expect to house 9-10 billion people by 2050. Food production, too, must increase to accommodate these numbers. Easy growing, high calorie, nutritious foods, such as bananas are the top priority as a solution to this imminent problem. The first comprehensive compendium on bananas in rec
Fusarium wilt of Banana, a Recurring Threat to Global Banana Production
Author: Gert H. J. KemaPublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889664848
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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Common pest and diseases affecting Banana in South-India: an overview
Author: Prem Jose VazhacharickalPublisher: Prem Jose
ISBN: 1713114453
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages :
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Banana one of the most popular consumed fruits in the tropical and sub-tropical region. Most of the edible bananas present now a days are derived solely from Musa accuminata Colla or Musa balbisiana Colla or a hybrid between the two wild diploid species. The main objective of this research work is to provide an overview of various pest and diseases affecting Banana in South India. Diseases and pests of edible banana became problems when certain genotypes were grown as monocultures. Fusarium wilt and Sigatoka leaf spot were also affect the banana production in South-India. Bacterial wilt and Xanthomonas wilt are other bacterial diseases affecting the banana production. Bunchy top and bract mosaic are damaging virus diseases, which have a limited distribution at present. Virus diseases mosaic and streak are less damaging, but more widespread. Pre- and post-harvest diseases of fruit also cause losses. The burrowing nematode is the most important root parasite of banana, and the most damaging banana insect pest is the rhizome-attacking banana weevil. Genetic engineering and other biotechnology-based approaches could produce better diseases tolerant varieties. Chemical control has been employed successfully in the past to counter pests and pathogens, but resistance to fungicides and pesticides is becoming a major issue. Biological control methods are being employed more often in integrated pest management programmes could offer a promising result to address this issue.
Banana Diseases in Asia and the Pacific
Author: Ramon V. ValmayorPublisher:
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Category : Bananas
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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A Banana Disease Caused by a Species of Heterodera
Author: Tewfik FahmyBanana Cultures
Author: John SoluriPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477322825
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Bananas, the most frequently consumed fresh fruit in the United States, have been linked to Miss Chiquita and Carmen Miranda, "banana republics," and Banana Republic clothing stores—everything from exotic kitsch, to Third World dictatorships, to middle-class fashion. But how did the rise in banana consumption in the United States affect the banana-growing regions of Central America? In this lively, interdisciplinary study, John Soluri integrates agroecology, anthropology, political economy, and history to trace the symbiotic growth of the export banana industry in Honduras and the consumer mass market in the United States. Beginning in the 1870s, when bananas first appeared in the U.S. marketplace, Soluri examines the tensions between the small-scale growers, who dominated the trade in the early years, and the shippers. He then shows how rising demand led to changes in production that resulted in the formation of major agribusinesses, spawned international migrations, and transformed great swaths of the Honduran environment into monocultures susceptible to plant disease epidemics that in turn changed Central American livelihoods. Soluri also looks at labor practices and workers' lives, changing gender roles on the banana plantations, the effects of pesticides on the Honduran environment and people, and the mass marketing of bananas to consumers in the United States. His multifaceted account of a century of banana production and consumption adds an important chapter to the history of Honduras, as well as to the larger history of globalization and its effects on rural peoples, local economies, and biodiversity.