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Optimizing Pathogen Control through Mixed Cocoa–Plantain Agroecosystems in the Ecuadorian Coastal Region

Agronomy
Mixed production systems play a vital role in the economic sustainability and ecological balance of agroecosystems. Cocoa and plantain are key crops in Ecuador but face phytosanitary challenges, like witches’ broom and black sigatoka diseases, especially
Roy Vera-Velez, Raul Ramos-Veintimilla, Jorge Grijalva-Olmedo   +2 more
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Integrated Diagnostics for Banana Bunchy Top Disease: Combining LAMP Molecular Detection With a Multi‐Disease Computer Vision System for Field‐Level Surveillance in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Food and Energy Security, Volume 15, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
This study integrates smartphone‐based AI diagnostics with LAMP molecular confirmation for banana disease surveillance across Sub‐Saharan Africa. By enabling real‐time phenotypic screening, detection of asymptomatic BBTV infections, and centralized geospatial data integration, the platform transforms field‐level diagnostics into a scalable biosecurity ...
Rimnoma S. Ouedraogo, Peter McCloskey, Beatrice Mwaipopo, Bipana Paudel Timilsena, Fatma H. Kiruwa, Milsort J. Kemboi, Mpoki M. Shimwela, David P. Hughes   +7 more
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The “Pesticide Chip”: Chemical Legacies and Agrarian Futures in Costa Rica

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
Abstract For decades, agro‐industrial capital has adopted cascading chemical and biotechnical interventions, or fixes, to secure accumulation through the cultivation of monocrops. We develop a framework that centres on how monocrop‐induced susceptibility to pests and pathogens—and the patchwork of fixes to address these—produces uneven chemical ...
Soledad Castro‐Vargas, Marion Werner
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BananaSqueezeNet: A very fast, lightweight convolutional neural network for the diagnosis of three prominent banana leaf diseases

Smart Agricultural Technology, 2023
All over the world, bananas are one of the most common fruits. It accounts for nearly 16% of global fruit production. However, every year, a large amount of banana yield losses occur due to different diseases of the banana leaf.
Md. Abdullahil Baki Bhuiyan, Hasan Muhammad Abdullah, Shifat E. Arman, Sayed Saminur Rahman, Kaies Al Mahmud   +4 more
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Transgene‐Free, Gene‐Edited Cavendish Bananas (Musa acuminata, AAA)

Plant Biotechnology Journal, Volume 24, Issue 3, Page 1620-1634, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Global consumer acceptance of gene‐edited food crops is increasing with new breeding technologies that can modify the genome without foreign DNA integration. Here, we report an Agrobacterium‐based system for transgene‐free, gene editing of the banana cultivar, Cavendish.
Maiko Kato, Jen Kleidon, Amba Phillips, Alexandra Tabrett, Robert Harding, James Dale, Jean‐Yves Paul   +6 more
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Plantain-derived Diploid Hybrids (TMP2x) with Black Sigatoka Resistance [PDF]

HortScience, 1995
Plantain (Musa spp., AAB group), a triploid (2n = 3x = 33) giant perennial herb of the tropics, is a natural interspecific hybrid between the two wild banana species M. acuminata Colla. and M. balbisiana Colla. These diploid species contributed the A and B genomes, respectively (Simmonds, 1962).
Vuylsteke, D.R., Ortiz, R.
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Detection of foliar diseases using image processing techniques

Revista Ceres
This paper presents the development of a methodology to detect the percentage of affected area of Phytophthora infestans disease in tomato plants, using digital image processing techniques to extract the regions of interest with color analysis, where the
Leidy Esperanza Pamplona Beron, Andrés Felipe Calvo Salcedo, Arley Bejarano Martínez   +2 more
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Evaluating the Efficacy of Convolutional Neural Networks: Disease Detection in Crops

Advances in Agriculture, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Crop diseases pose a significant risk to agricultural productivity, particularly in sub‐Saharan Africa, where cassava (Manihot esculenta), plantain (Musa paradisiaca), and cocoa (Theobroma cacao) serve as essential crops. There is an urgent need for innovative plant disease detection methods to enhance control measures and preventive strategies to ...
Stephen Ardey Mensah, Peace Korshiwor Amoatey, Peter Amoako Ofori, Stella Owusu-Nketia, Edward Benjamin Sabi, Frank Agyen Dwomoh, Anthony Raphael Simpson, Evans Asenso, Nidhi Chaudhary   +8 more
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Assessment of Dataset Scalability for Classification of Black Sigatoka in Banana Crops Using UAV-Based Multispectral Images and Deep Learning Techniques

Drones
This paper presents an evaluation of different convolutional neural network (CNN) architectures using false-colour images obtained by multispectral sensors on drones for the detection of Black Sigatoka in banana crops.
Rafael Linero-Ramos, Carlos Parra-Rodríguez, Alexander Espinosa-Valdez, Jorge Gómez-Rojas, Mario Gongora   +4 more
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RECENT APPEARANCE OF BLACK SIGATOKA IN BANANA PLANTATIONS OF BRAZILIAN AMAZONIA [PDF]

Acta Horticulturae, 2000
Symptoms of the black sigatoka (Mycosphaerella fijiensis) were first observed, in December 1997, in Tabatinga and Bejanmin Constant near the border of Brazil with Colombia and Peru. Meanwhile, the disease has been disseminated in the whole state of Amazonas and had already reached the states of Acre and Rondonia, in Brazil.
M.L. Gasparotto, J.C.R. Pereira, A.F.S. Coelho, M.C.N. Pereira   +3 more
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