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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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Worldwide geographical distribution of Black Sigatoka for banana: predictions based on climate change models Distribuição geográfica da Sigatoka Negra da bananeira estimada por modelos de mudanças climáticas globais

Scientia Agricola, 2008
As mudanças climáticas poderão alterar as doenças de plantas e afetar a eficácia das medidas de manejo. Um dos prováveis impactos será na distribuição geográfica das doenças.
Waldir Cintra de Jesus Júnior, Ranolfo Valadares Júnior, Roberto Avelino Cecílio, Willian Bucker Moraes, Francisco Xavier Ribeiro do Vale, Fábio Ramos Alves, Pierce Anderson Paul   +6 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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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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Expression of a rice chitinase gene in transgenic banana ('Gros Michel', AAA genome group) confers resistance to black leaf streak disease [PDF]

, 2012
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Els Thiry, Thiry, Els, Sagi,, Strosse, Hannelore, Rony Swennen, Swennen, Rony, Arinaitwe, Geoffrey, Geofrey Arinaitwe, Busogoro, Jean-Pierre, Géraldine Jacon, Remy, Serge, Hannelore Strosse, Jacon, Géraldine, Gabriella Kovács, László Sági, Jean-Pierre Busogoro, Arinaitwe, Geofrey, Serge Remy, Kovacs, Gabriella, Sági, László   +19 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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Global Perspectives on Kava: A Narrative Systematic Review of the Health Effects, Economic and Social Impacts and Policy Considerations

Drug and Alcohol Review, Volume 44, Issue 6, Page 1601-1640, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Introduction Kava is a plant‐based drug central to many Pacific Island cultures, yet its physiological and psychological effects remain contested and poorly understood. Additionally, the broader social, economic, and policy consequences of kava trade and consumption are unclear.
George Economidis, Michelle Lynch, Sophia Taylor, Winifred Asare‐Doku, Georgina Macpherson, Louisa Degenhardt, Michael Farrell, Thomas Santo Jr   +7 more
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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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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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QCAV‐4, the first genetically modified Cavendish (cv. Grand Nain) banana resistant to Fusarium wilt tropical race 4 approved for commercial production and consumption

Plant Biotechnology Journal, Volume 23, Issue 9, Page 3628-3637, September 2025.
Summary Bananas (Musa spp.) are a major fruit crop worldwide, with the Cavendish cultivar dominating the export industries, which are based primarily in the Americas and the Philippines. The sustainability of banana production in these, and other regions, is under threat from the fungal disease Fusarium wilt tropical race 4 (TR4) which kills Cavendish ...
Robert Harding, Jean‐Yves Paul, Anthony James, Mark Smith, Jennifer Kleidon, Upendra Shekhawat, Amba Phillips, Dawit Kidanemariam, Abigail Dawit, James Dale   +9 more
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