Record number | 493908 |
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Title | Worse comes to worst: bananas and Panama disease—when plant and pathogen clones meet |
Author(s) | Ordonez Roman, N.I.; Seidl, M.F.; Waalwijk, C.; Drenth, A.; Kilian, A.; Thomma, B.P.H.J.; Ploetz, R.C.; Kema, G.H.J. |
Source | PLoS Pathogens 11 (2015)11. - ISSN 1553-7366 - 7 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005197 |
Department(s) | EPS-2 Biointeractions and Plant Health Laboratory of Phytopathology Bioint Diagnostics, Food Safety & Phyt. Research Entomology & Disease Management |
Publication type | Refereed Article in a scientific journal |
Publication year | 2015 |
Keyword(s) | bananas - tropical small fruits - agricultural research - fungal diseases - fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense - soil fungi - pathogenicity - food production - genetic diversity - plant protection - bananen - tropisch kleinfruit - landbouwkundig onderzoek - schimmelziekten - fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense - bodemschimmels - pathogeniteit - voedselproductie - genetische diversiteit - gewasbescherming |
Categories | Plant and Crop Protection (General) / Zingiberidae / Tropical Fruits |
Abstract | This article deals with: Bananas: their origin and global rollout; genetic diversity of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense, the causal agent of Panama Disease; Panama Disease: history repeats itself; tropical race 4, a single pathogen clone, threatens global banana production; strategies for sustainable Panama Disease management. |
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