The banana is the world’s most popular fruit crop, with over 100 million metric ... plants leaves the Cavendish intensely vulnerable to disease outbreaks. Fungal diseases severely devastated ...
Banana Panama Disease, also known as Fusarium wilt ... appropriate nutrients to ensure optimal plant health. Practice Crop Rotation Rotate crops annually to prevent the buildup of soil-borne ...
crop diversity could further reduce the fungus' virulence. Bananas are being infected by a disease called Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB), caused by a fungal pathogen called Fusarium oxysporum TR4.
Contribute to sustainable banana and cacao production by developing disease management systems The Philippines is a major producer of bananas for export, and is also focusing on cacao production. By ...
Crop rotation is a central component of all sustainable farming systems. Crop rotation offers the most effective, indirect method of minimizing pest, disease and weed problems and maintaining and ...
February has arrived and as a vegetable gardener, you are likely ordering seeds and making plans for your garden for the coming growing season. One factor to consider when planning your vegetable ...
Instead García-Bastidas wants to introduce more diversity into the banana crop so that it is more resilient to outbreaks of disease like TR4. He points out there are hundreds of bananas with the ...