Screening for resistance to Fusarium wilt

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.identifier.urlhttp://www.bioversityinternational.org/e-library/publications/detail/screening-for-resistance-to-fusarium-wilt/en
cg.link.permalinkhttp://www.bioversityinternational.org/index.php?id=244&tx_news_pi1[news]=7350&cHash=cf00a2d3a65359ab509d46b068514d4fen
cg.number4en
cg.placeRome, Italyen
cg.subject.bioversityBANANAen
cg.subject.bioversityFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.bioversityPESTS AND DISEASEen
cg.subject.bioversityCULTIVATED VARIETIESen
cg.subject.bioversityRESISTANT VARIETIESen
cg.subject.bioversityDIETen
dc.contributor.authorBioversity Internationalen
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-07T08:09:42Zen
dc.date.available2015-10-07T08:09:42Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/68457
dc.titleScreening for resistance to Fusarium wilten
dcterms.abstractFusarium wilt of banana, caused by the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), has widely been considered as one of the most devastating diseases in agricultural history, until resistant Cavendish banana cultivars replaced susceptible ones in Central America. New outbreaks of the disease on hitherto resistant cultivars in Asia and more recently in Africa and Australia, caused by the Tropical race 4 (TR4) strain of the pathogen, have raised concerns that the disease is, once again, threatening banana production in the world. No chemical or cultural control measures exist for Foc. Once the pathogen is introduced into a production field, it can stay in the soil for many decades, thus spelling the end of production of susceptible cultivars in that field. The use of resistant cultivars is the only viable option. Of particular concern is the threat to food security in Africa, where the East African Highland bananas (EAHB) and plantains form the staple diet and only source of income to millions of Africans.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBioversity International (2015) Screening for resistance to Fusarium wilt. Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC) Factsheet 4. Bioversity International 2 p.en
dcterms.extent2 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfBioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC) Factsheeten
dcterms.issued2015
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherBioversity Internationalen
dcterms.subjectbananasen
dcterms.subjectmusaen
dcterms.subjectfusarium oxysporiumen
dcterms.subjectcultivated varietiesen
dcterms.subjectresistant varietiesen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectdieten
dcterms.typeBrief

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