Various authors & Dan Koeppel 
Instant Insights: Understanding and tackling Fusarium wilt of banana [EPUB ebook] 

• Chapter 1 – Understanding the banana industry: monoculture and beyond: Dan Koeppel, Independent Journalist and Researcher, USA;
  
  
  
  • 1 Introduction
  
  
  • 2 Banana varieties and the Cavendish monoculture
  
  
  • 3 The development of a banana monoculture
  
  
  • 4 The dynamics of the banana monoculture
  
  
  • 5 Post-war developments: business as usual?
  
  
  • 6 The Cavendish era
  
  
  • 7 Cavendish in crisis and a new paradigm
  
  
  • 8 The hunt for new varieties
  
  
  • 9 Future trends and conclusion
  
  
  • 10 Where to look for further information
  
  


• Chapter 2 – Fusarium wilt of banana: impact, epidemiology and management of Fusarium wilt Race 1 and 2 [Ed. 4]: Einar Martínez de la Parte, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands and Instituto de Investigaciones de Sanidad Vegetal (INISAV), Cuba; and Luis Pérez-Vicente, Instituto de Investigaciones de Sanidad Vegetal (INISAV), Cuba;
  
  
  
  • 1 Introduction
  
  
  • 2 Disease symptoms
  
  
  • 3 Pathogen characteristics
  
  
  • 4 Disease cycle and epidemiology
  
  
  • 5 Disease occurrence and impact
  
  
  • 6 Disease resistance: cultivar susceptibility and host resistance
  
  
  • 7 Management of the disease
  
  
  • 8 Conclusion and future trends
  
  
  • 9 Where to look for further information
  
  
  • 10 References
  
  


• Chapter 3 – The past, present and future of Fusarium wilt of banana caused by Tropical Race 4 [Ed. 5]: Fernando García-Bastidas, Key Gene B.V., The Netherlands; André Drenth, The University of Queensland, Australia; and Gert H. J. Kema, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;
  
  
  
  • 1 Introduction
  
  
  • 2 Past: origins, spread and biology
  
  
  • 3 Present: detection, epidemiology and control
  
  
  • 4 Future: preventative/curative disease control and breeding
  
  
  • 5 Conclusion
  
  
  • 6 Where to look for further information
  
  
  • 7 Acknowledgements
  
  
  • 8 References
  
  


• Chapter 4 – Targeted improvement of Cavendish clones: Eli Khayat, Rahan Meristem (1998) LTD., Israel;
  
  
  
  • 1 Introduction
  
  
  • 2 Genetic background of bananas and plantains
  
  
  • 3 In vitro mutagenesis: somaclonal variation
  
  
  • 4 Conclusion and future trends
  
  
  • 5 References
  
  


• Chapter 5 – Developing hybrid banana varieties with improved properties: Edson Perito Amorim, Vanusia Batista de Oliveira Amorim, Manassés dos Santos Silva, Fernando Haddad, Claudia Fortes Ferreira and Janay Almeida dos Santos Serejo, Embrapa, Brazil;
  
  
  
  • 1 Introduction
  
  
  • 2 Released hybrids
  
  
  • 3 Seeds as the basis of the genetic improvement program of Embrapa
  
  
  • 4 Improved diploids and their importance in the improvement of Musa spp.
  
  
  • 5 Phenotyping for resistance to Fusarium wilt race 1
  
  
  • 6 The Embrapa breeding cycle
  
  
  • 7 Alternatives to breeding based on crosses
  
  
  • 8 Future trends and conclusion
  
  
  • 9 References
  
  

Dr Gert H. J. Kema is Professor of Phytopathology and chair at the Laboratory for Phytopathology of Wageningen University, The Netherlands. He initiated and coordinated several international banana research programs focusing on Fusarium wilt of banana and black Sigatoka as well as interdisciplinary research projects and public-private-partnerships on other perennial crops. He is a cofounder of several spin-off companies focusing on banana improvement, disease management and bioprocessing.