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An analysis of the risk from Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum to banana cultivation in Eastern Central and Southern Africa (571 Ko)
JJ. Smith, DR. Jones, E. Karamura, G. Blomme and FL. Turyagyenda. 2008
Xanthomonas wilt, which is commonly known in East Africa as banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW), banana bacterial wilt or enset wilt, is a devastating disease caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum. It was first reported in 1968 in Ethiopia, where it remained confined until it was observed in Uganda in 2001. The subsequent spread of the bacterium throughout the Great Lakes region, where banana forms a large proportion of the diet, is posing a serious threat to food security.
The authors, scientists from the Central Science Laboratory in the UK and Bioversity International in Uganda, discuss the distribution and epidemiology of the causal agent and the measures farmers can use to protect their plants from contracting this deadly disease. They also analyse the impact of the measures deployed to date and make recommendations to reduce the risk of the disease spreading to other countries.
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Banana improvement, cellular, molecular biology, and induced mutations
S. Mohan Jain and Rony Swennen, editors. FAO / IAEA and INIBAP. 2004
This 392-page book presents the results from the FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research Project entitled “Cellular biology and biotechnology including mutation techniques for creation of new useful banana genotypes”. The book also contains several review papers providing up-to-date information on biotechnological tools that can be used to produce new Musa varieties with desirable characters in a more rapid and efficient way.
You can buy this publication on the website of Science Publishers.
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Banana cultivar names and synonyms in Southeast Asia (5.4 Mo)
Edited by R.V. Valmayor, S.H. Jamaluddin, B. Silayoi, S. Kusumo, L.D. Danh, O.C. Pascua and R.R.C. Espino. 2000
During a meeting held in Philippines in 1999, curators of national banana germplasm collections resolved the names of nearly 300 banana varieties and agreed on a classification system, following that of Cheeseman and the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. This 24-page booklet provides the background on the nomenclature and classification of bananas in the region and the final listing of variety names and synonyms agreed at the meeting in Southeast Asia.
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Evaluating bananas: a global partnership. Results of IMTP Phase II (1.14 Mo)
Compiled by G. Orjeda. 2000
For the International Musa Testing Programme (IMTP) Phase II, germplasm was evaluated for resistance to Mycosphaerella leaf spot diseases and Fusarium wilt. The majority of IMTP Phase II trials were planted during 1996 and 1997. The first part of this publication provides a synthesis of the results. The second part presents the results of screenings against Mycosphaerella leaf spot diseases in Cameroon, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nigeria, the Philippines, Tonga, and Uganda, and against Fusarium wilt in Australia, Brazil, Honduras, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan and Uganda.
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Cytogenetics of the genus Musa (943 Ko)
Ken Shepherd. 1999.
This book provides information resulting from a lifetime dedicated to banana research. Ken Shepherd has not only devoted his life to studying bananas, he also focused on an area much neglected by other researchers, Musa cytology.
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Numerical taxonomic studies of the East African highland banana (Musa AAA-East Africa) in Uganda (3 Mo)
A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Agricultural Botany. January 1998.
Deborah A. Karamura
The purpose of this study was to determine the variation pattern that exists in the East African highland bananas grown in Uganda, study the effect of different growing conditions, and establish a flexible provisional classification and identification system. Techniques of numerical taxonomy were employed to determine the variation pattern. Sixty-one morphological characters were employed to classify the 238 accessions available for the study. The smallest distinguishable units in the subgroup are clones and they have been grouped into clone sets. Five clone sets were delineated, based mainly on qualitative characters. The clone sets were distinct enough for new accessions to be fitted into them. |
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