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Genetic Improvement of Banana for Resistance to Xanthomonas Wilt in East Africa

Food and Energy Security, Volume 14, Issue 1, January/February 2025.
ABSTRACT Banana (Musa spp.) is a staple food and income generation crop, feeding millions worldwide. However, the cultivation of bananas is challenging due to biotic and abiotic production constraints. Among these factors are pests and diseases, especially banana bacterial disease.
Anastasie Musabyemungu, Jaindra Nath Tripathi, Samwel K. Muiruri, Svetlana V. Gaidashova, Placide Rukundo, Leena Tripathi   +5 more
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Banana and plantain production systems in Benin: ethnobotanical investigation, varietal diversity, pests, and implications for better production

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2018
Background The cultivated banana and plantain (Musa spp.) are valuable for nutritional and socio-economic security for millions of people worldwide. In Benin, banana and plantain are among the most produced, consumed, and traded commodities.
Mariano C. Chabi, Anicet G. Dassou, Innocent Dossou-Aminon, David Ogouchoro, Bonaventure Omondi Aman, Alexandre Dansi   +5 more
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Effect of environment and fallow period on Cosmopolites sordidus population dynamics at the landscape scale

, 2012
Understanding how the population dynamics of insect pests are affected by environmental factors and agricultural practices is important for pest management.
Carval, Dominique, Dortel, Emmanuelle, Duyck, Pierre François, Gaujoux, E., Tixier, Philippe, Vinatier, Fabrice   +5 more
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Image‐based crop disease detection using machine learning

Plant Pathology, Volume 74, Issue 1, Page 18-38, January 2025.
Image‐based crop disease detection using machine learning provides a faster, more accurate alternative to traditional methods, with advancements in AI and imaging platforms expanding its effectiveness. Abstract Crop disease detection is important due to its significant impact on agricultural productivity and global food security.
Aria Dolatabadian, Ting Xiang Neik, Monica F. Danilevicz, Shriprabha R. Upadhyaya, Jacqueline Batley, David Edwards   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fresh Futures: Cutting‐Edge Eco‐Friendly Coating Techniques for Fruits

Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Rising environmental concerns have forced many industries to seek more environmentally friendly processing methods and safer material alternatives. This review explores eco‐friendly coating techniques for extending the shelf life of fruits, aiming at reducing environmental stressors and improving ecological sustainability.
Esraa E. Ammar, Xiaobo Zou, Soumya Ghosh, Helen Onyeaka, Sohaila A. Elmasry, Aml M. Alkeay, Ammar AL-Farga, Hadeer A. Rady, Nouran A. EL-Shershaby, Abubakr S. Sallam, Essam Hebishy   +10 more
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Another tool in the toolbox: Aphid‐specific Wolbachia protect against fungal pathogens

Environmental Microbiology, Volume 26, Issue 11, November 2024.
Wolbachia infected more than 80% of Pentalonia aphids sampled across the Hawaiian Islands and other locations. The aphid‐specific M‐supergroup strains of this symbiont protected against a specialist fungal pathogen, Pandora, but not the generalist pathogen Beauveria or the parasitoid Aphidius colemanii.
Clesson H. V. Higashi, Vilas Patel, Bryan Kamalaker, Rahul Inaganti, Alberto Bressan, Jacob A. Russell, Kerry M. Oliver   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Complete Feed Starch Banana Weevil Pea Stone on the Beans Goats System in Vivo Against Carcass Weight and Carcass Part [PDF]

, 2012
The objective of this research is to study the value of benefits in favor of complete feed production performance and carcass weight of any part of the carcass part-goat nuts. The design used in this study. Random Draft Complete.
Aswandi, A. (A), Sutrisno, C. I. (C), Arifin, M. (M), Achmadi, J. (Joelal)   +3 more
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Dataset on the abundance of ants and Cosmopolites sordidus damage in plantain fields with intercropped plants

Data in Brief, 2016
The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled “Ant abundance and Cosmopolites sordidus damage in plantain fields as affected by intercropping” (A.G. Dassou, D. Carval, S. Dépigny, G.H Fansi, P. Tixier, 2015) [1].
Anicet Gbèblonoudo Dassou, Dominique Carval, Sylvain Dépigny, Gabriel Fansi, Philippe Tixier   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A 10‐year (2014–2023) review of complementary food development in sub‐Saharan Africa and the impact on child health

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, Volume 23, Issue 6, November 2024.
Abstract Complementary foods (CFs) commonly consumed by infants and young children (IYC) in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) are processed using either single or multi‐grain ingredients through simple technologies such as fermentation, malting and roasting.
Oluwabunmi P. Ogunniran, Kolawole I. Ayeni, Olutayo S. Shokunbi, Rudolf Krska, Chibundu N. Ezekiel   +4 more
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Epigeal and Flight Activity of Coleoptera in a Commercial Raspberry Plantation and Adjacent Sites in Southern Quebec (Canada): Introduction and Nitidulidae [PDF]

, 2017
We studied the epigeal and flight activity of Coleoptera in a commercial raspberry plantation and adjacent sites in southern Quebec, from 1987-1989. In this first paper, we present the results for the Nitidulidae.
Levesque, Claire, Levesque, Gilles-Yvon
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