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DISEASES AND OTHER BANANA HEALTH PROBLEMS IN TROPICAL AFRICA

Article number

540_36

Pages

311 – 317

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Abstract

Publication

I International Symposium on Banana: I International Conference on Banana and Plantain for Africa

Authors

R.H. Stover

Keywords

Cladosporium musae, Cosmopolites, black sigatoka, fusarial wilt, nematode root rot, plantains, viruses, yield

Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.540.36

Online Articles (64)

1. OPENING BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

E.B. Karamura

2. ADDRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE (IITA)

P. Neuenschwander

3. ADDRESS OF THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (NARO) OF UGANDA

J. Mukiikbi

4. ADDRESS OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL INDUSTRY AND FISHERIES OF UGANDA

I. Kibirige-Ssebunya

5. MARKET DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION POTENTIAL FOR BANANA AND PLANTAIN

J.K. Lynam

6. GEOGRAPHIC SHIFTS IN HIGHLAND BANANA PRODUCTION IN UGANDA

C.S. Gold | F. Bagamba | M. Wejuli | D. Karamura | R. Kalyebara

7. THE ROLE OF EXTENSION SERVICES FOR THE SUCCESSFUL INTRODUCTION OF NEW MUSA CULTIVARS IN SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA

S.E.A. Akele | N.U. Isirimah | A.A. Brisibe | R. Ortiz

8. STATUS AND CONSTRAINTS OF MUSA SPP. PRODUCTION IN A SUB-HUMID ZONE OF NIGERIA

K.P. Baiyeri | A.R. Ajayi

9. DIVERSITY IN THE GENUS MUSA: ITS SIGNIFICANCE AND ITS POTENTIAL

E. De Langhe

10. MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES OF SUPPOSEDLY DUPLICATE ACCESSIONS OF EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND BANANAS IN GERMPLASM COLLECTIONS IN UGANDA

11. BANANA CULTIVARS IN A HIGHLAND UGANDAN VILLAGE: SOME EFFECTS OF FARMER SELECTION ON DIFFUSION OF CULTIVARS AND GENETIC DIVERSITY, 1937-1994

G. Davies

12. EVALUATION OF LOCAL BANANA AND PLANTAIN CULTIVARS FOR YIELD POTENTIAL IN MALAWI

D.L.N. Banda | B.M.L. Mwenebanda

13. CHARACTERIZATION OF BANANA AND PLANTAIN USING RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA MARKERS

A.A. Visser

14. AGRONOMIC EVALUATION OF PLANTAINS AND OTHER TRIPLOID BANANA

K.P. Baiyeri | R. Ortiz

15. TAXONOMIC VALUE OF CALCIUM OXALATE CRYSTALS IN MUSA GERMPLASM

J.O. Osuji | B.E. Okoli | R. Ortiz.

16. BREEDING BANANAS AND PLANTAINS: FROM INTRACTABILITY TO FEASIBILITY

D. Vuylsteke

17. UNDERSTANDING THE MUSA GENOME: AN UPDATE

R. Ortiz

18. A TRIPLOID PARENTAL LINE FOR BREEDING DISEASE-RESISTANT COOKING BANANAS FOR EAST AFRICA

P. Rowe | F. Rosales

19. PLANTAIN BREEDING AT CRBP : STRATEGIES, RESULTS AND OUTLOOK

K. Tomekpé | E. Auboiron | P. Noupadja | E. Fouré

20. UTILIZATION OF MOLECULAR GENETIC TECHNIQUES IN SUPPORT OF PLANTAIN AND BANANA IMPROVEMENT

J.H. Crouch | R. Ortiz | H.K. Crouch

21. APPLICABILITY OF AN AGROBACTERIUM-BASED SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF MUSA SPECIES WITH DIVERSE GENOMIC CONSTITUTION AND PLOIDY LEVEL

N.A. Bosque-Pérez | G.D. May | C.J. Arntzen

22. PRODUCTION OF TRANSGENIC BANANA AND PLANTAIN

23. NON-CONVENTIONAL BREEDING APPROACHES FOR BANANA AND PLANTAIN IMPROVEMENT AGAINST FUNGAL DISEASES AT AECI

B. Okole | C. Memela | S. Rademan | K.J. Kunert | M. Brunette

24. EVALUATION OF MUSA SPP FOR SUSCEPTIBILITY TO NEMATODES AND STUDY OF RESISTANCE MECHANISMS

R. Fogain

25. EVALUATION OF HOST PLANT RESPONSE TO NEMATODES IN MUSA GERMPLASM IN UGANDA

P.R. Speijer | F. Ssango | D. Vuylsteke

26. EVALUATION OF BANANA CULTIVARS FOR RESISTANCE TO THE BANANA WEEVIL COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS AND NEMATODE COMPLEX IN WESTERN KENYA

T. Musabyimana | K.V. Seshu Reddy | L. Ngode

27. PERFORMANCE OF BANANA CULTIVARS IN SOUTH WESTERN KENYA

J.K. Kwach | S. Makworo | O. Nasambu | M. Onyango

28. BANANA PRODUCTIVITY-THE IMPACT OF AGRONOMIC PRACTICES

J.C. Robinon

29. PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF ROOT SYSTEMS MORPHOLOGY IN MUSA

G. Blomme | R. Ortiz

30. THE TIMING OF FIRST RATOON SUCKER SELECTION USING TISSUE CULTURE BANANA PLANTS

K. Eckstein | C. Fraser | J.C. Robinson

31. SECTORAL AND CONVENTIONAL SUCKER SELECTION TECHNIQUE USING TISSUE CULTURE BANANA PLANTS

K. Eckstein | C. Fraser | J.C. Robinson

32. EFFECT OF MALE BUD REMOVAL ON THE YIELD OF MUSA GENOTYPES IN A HUMID FOREST ZONE OF WEST AFRICA

J. Okoro | D. Vuylsteke | R. Ortiz

33. SOIL MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR BANANA PRODUCTION ON THE HEAVY SOILS AROUND LAKE VICTORIA IN UGANDA

Y.K. Zake | D.P. Bwamiki | C. Nkwiine

34. EFFECT OF ORGANIC MULCHES ON GROWTH, YIELD COMPONENTS AND YIELD OF EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND BANANAS

J.A. Bananuka | P.R. Rubaihayo | J.Y.K. Zake

35. VARIATION IN SOIL NUTRIENT LEVELS UNDER MULTI-SPECIES HEDGEROW CROPPING WITH PLANTAIN

L.G. Owoeye | O. Ortiz | M.P. Gichuru | D. Vuylsteke

36. DISEASES AND OTHER BANANA HEALTH PROBLEMS IN TROPICAL AFRICA

R.H. Stover

37. DISTRIBUTION OF SIGATOKA LEAF SPOTS IN UGANDA AS DETERMINED BY SPECIES-SPECIFIC POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR)

A. Johanson | W.K. Tushemereirwe | E.B. Karamura

38. RESPONSE OF EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND BANANAS TO BLACK SIGATOKA AND CLADOSPORIUM LEAF SPECKLE UNDER TROPICAL HUMID FOREST LOWLAND CONDITIONS IN WEST AFRICA

C. Pasberg-Gauhl | F. Gauhl

39. EFFECTS OF THE LEAF SPOT COMPLEX AND LEAF PRUNING ON GROWTH AND YIELD IN HIGHLAND BANANAS: RESULTS OF THE FIRST RATOON CROP

W.K. Tushemereirwe | M. Holderness | C.S. Gold | M. Deadman

40. FUSARIUM WILT OF BANANA IN UGANDA, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON WILT-LIKE SYMPTOMS OBSERVED ON EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND COOKING CULTIVARS (MUSA SPP., AAA)

A. Kangire | E.B. Karamura | C. Gold | M.A. Rutherford

41. VIRUS DISEASES OF MUSA IN AFRICA: EPIDEMIOLOGY, DETECTION AND CONTROL

B.E.L. Lockhart

42. SYMPTOMATOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT OF BANANA STREAK, A DISEASE CAUSED BY BANANA STREAK BADNAVIRUS, UNDER NATURAL CONDITIONS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA

G. Dahal | J. Hughes | F. Gauhl | C. Pasberg-Gauhl

43. DEVELOPMENT OF A SEROLOGICAL ASSAY FOR DETECTING SEROLOGICALLY DIVERSE BANANA STREAK VIRUS ISOLATES

T.C.R. Ndowora | B.E.L. Lockhart

44. NEMATODES OF BANANAS AND PLANTAINS IN AFRICA: RESEARCH TRENDS AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES RELATING TO THE SMALL-SCALE FARMER

J. Bridge

45. IMPROVED PLANT HEALTH THROUGH BIOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENT OF BANANA PLANTING MATERIAL WITH MUTUALISTIC ENDOPHYTES

R.A. Sikora | R.F. Schuster | M. Griesbach

46. SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE LESION NEMATODE, PRATYLENCHUS GOODEYI, IN STOOLS OF EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND BANANA

A.S.S. Mbwana | S.W. Waudo

47. STUDIES ON HOST RANGE OF THE BANANA LESION NEMATODE, PRATYLENCHUS GOODEYI

J.M. Namaganda | E. Karamura | P. Namanya | S.R. Gowen

48. STUDIES ON THE LONGEVITY OF PRATYLENCHUS GOODEYI IN BANANA-BASED CROPPING SYSTEMS

J.S. Prasad | K.V. Seshu Reddy | L. Ngode

49. THE BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE BANANA NEMATODES RADOPHOLUS SIMILIS AND PRATYLENCHUS GOODEYI

N.S. Price

50. THE INFLUENCE OF OXIHUMATE ON NEMATODE CONTROL AND ON YIELD (MUSA AAA, CAVENDISH SUB-GROUP)

M.S. Daneel | K. de Jager | S. Dreyer | J. Dekker | J.P. Joubert

51. YIELD LOSS FROM PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES IN EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND BANANA (MUSA SPP. AAA)

P.R. Speijer | C. Kajumba

52. RATE OF NEMATODE INFESTATION OF CLEAN BANANA PLANTING MATERIAL (MUSA SPP. AAA) IN UGANDA

53. THE ELUSIVE BANANA WEEVIL COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS GERMAR

E.B. Karamura | C.S. Gold

54. BANANA WEEVIL, COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS (GERMAR), OVIPOSITIONAL PREFERENCES, TIMING OF ATTACK AND LARVAL SURVIVORSHIP IN A MIXED CULTIVAR TRIAL IN UGANDA

A.M. Abera | S. Kyamanaywa | E.B. Karamura

55. UNE METHODE POUR LA DETECTION RAPIDE DE LA SENSIBILITE DES BANANIERS AU CHARANÇON, COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS GERM. (COLÉOPTÈRE, CURCULIONIDAE): APPLICATION À LA RECHERCHE DE L’EFFICACITÉ DES INSECTICIDES

M. Kehe | C.T. Hawe | P. Gnonhouri

56. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SOIL FERTILITY, BANANA WEEVIL AND NEMATODES IN THE EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND COOKING BANANA IN NTUNGAMO, SOUTH WESTERN UGANDA

S.H.O. Okech | C.S. Gold | P. Speijer | H. Ssali | E. Karamura

57. RECENT ADVANCES IN POSTHARVEST TECHNOLOGIES OF BANANA AND PLANTAIN IN AFRICA

A.O. OLorunda

58. REGULATION OF BANANA RIPENING BY GASEOUS BLOCKERS OF ETHYLENE RECEPTOR

E.C. Sisler | M. Serek

59. A REVIEW OF THE POSTHARVEST RESEARCH ISSUES FOR COOKING BANANA AND PLANTAIN WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO GHANA, NIGERIA, UGANDA AND TANZANIA

J. Aked | H. Wainwright | D. Rees | A. Westby

60. STATISTICAL TOOLS TO EVALUATE SENSORY DATA FOR TESTING FRUIT QUALITY OF MUSA

R.S.B. Ferris | S. Korie | P. Walker | R. Ortiz | D. Vuylsteke

61. QUALITY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF THE NEW BANANA CULTIVAR FHIA 3 COMPARED TO INDIGENOUS UGANDA CULTIVARS FOR MATOOKE PREPARATION

J.K. Ssemwanga | A.K. Thompson | J. Aked

62. TRADITIONAL PRODUCTION METHOD AND STORAGE CHARACTERISTICS FOR BANANA BEER (TONTO) IN UGANDA

R.M. Gensi | W. Kyamuhangire | J.F. Carasco

63. DEVELOPMENT AND SENSORY EVALUATION OF SOYAMUSA: A SOYBEAN-PLANTAIN BABY FOOD

64. SHELF-LIFE OF SOYAMUSA: A PLANTAIN BASED BABY WEANING FOOD IN NIGERIA

P.O. Ogazi | O. Smith-Kayode