Perspective for genomic-enabled prediction against black sigatoka disease and drought stress in polyploid species. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2022 Mbo Nkoulou LF +6 more
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Variety demand within the framework of an agricultural household model with attributes: the case of bananas in Uganda [PDF]
Ugandan smallholder farmers produce the nation's major food crop using numerous banana varieties with distinctive attributes, while coping with important biotic constraints and imperfect markets.
Edmeades, Svetlana +3 more
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Present state of the production of Musaceae in Africa, Asia Pacific and the Caribbean [PDF]
, 2008 The world-wide production of bananas and plantains (104 MT in 2006) has generally continued to increase with consumer demand proportional to population increase.
Lescot, Thierry
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Biotecnología Vegetal, 2001 The Black sigatoka can be considered from the economic point of view the most serious disease in the gender Musa. At present the use of new biotechnological techniques applied to the study of the host-pathogen interation is glimpsed as an important tool ...
Mileidy Cruz-Martín +4 more
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TechnologiesBanana (Musa spp.) crops face severe yield and economic losses due to foliar diseases such as Moko disease and Black Sigatoka. In Ecuador, Moko outbreaks have increasingly devastated banana plantations, threatening one of the country’s most important ...
Byron Oviedo +4 more
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Biotecnología Vegetal, 2010 Although certain bacterial species may be in vitro antagonistic of Mycosphaerella fijiensis, as it was demonstrated, they are discrete results that have their effect on the Musa spp.-M. fijiensis interaction.
Mileidy Cruz-Martín +4 more
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Proposal of a weather-based prediction system for Yellow Sigatoka in Santa Catarina State, Brazil
Agropecuária CatarinenseBanana (Musa spp.) is one of the main fruits produced in Brazil, and its production is among the largest in the world. The Sigatoka disease complex is widely distributed across banana producing regions mainly comprising the fungi Pseudocercospora ...
Mauro Ferreira Bonfim Junior +4 more
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Detection of Leaf Diseases in Banana Crops Using Deep Learning Techniques
AILeaf diseases, such as Black Sigatoka and Cordana, represent a growing threat to banana crops in Ecuador. These diseases spread rapidly, impacting both leaf and fruit quality. Early detection is crucial for effective control measures.
Nixon Jiménez +4 more
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Construction of a genetic linkage map of the banana fungal pathogen, Mycosphaerella fijiensis, causal agent of Black Sigatoka disease [PDF]
, 2008 The haploid, hemibiotrophic ascomycete fungus Mycosphaerella fijiensis (Morelet) is the causal agent of black Sigatoka, the most economically important disease of banana (Musa spp.). A genetic linkage map of M.
Carlier, Jean +6 more
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An economic assessment of banana genetic improvement and innovation in the Lake Victoria Region of Uganda and Tanzania: [PDF]
"This research report highlights findings from a set of studies undertaken by applied economists on the impact of improved banana cultivars and recommended management practices in the East African highlands.
Smale, Melinda +1 more
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