The banana Xanthomonas wilt epidemic in east and central Africa: current research and development efforts

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cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity Internationalen
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.coverage.regionMiddle Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierGuy Blomme: 0000-0002-3857-964X
cg.creator.identifierEldad Karamura: 0000-0001-9764-9276
cg.creator.identifierWalter Ocimati: 0000-0001-6177-7073
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2016.1114.36en
cg.isbn978-94-62611-08-5en
cg.issn0567-7572en
cg.issn2406-6168en
cg.issue1114en
cg.journalActa Horticulturaeen
cg.link.citationSmith, M.; Van den Bergh, I.; Picq, C. (2016) Proceedings. IX International Symposium on Banana: ISHS-ProMusa Symposium on Unravelling the Banana's Genomic Potential. Acta Horticulturae no. 1114. Leuven (Belgium), ISHS. 290 p. ISBN: 978-94-62611-08-5en
cg.numberno. 1114en
cg.placeLeuven (Belgium)en
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.bioversityFARMER FIELD SCHOOLSen
cg.subject.bioversityDISEASE CONTROLen
cg.subject.bioversityDISEASE MANAGEMENTen
dc.contributor.authorTinzaara, Williamen
dc.contributor.authorKaramura, E.B.en
dc.contributor.authorKubiriba, Jeromeen
dc.contributor.authorOchola, D.en
dc.contributor.authorOcimati, W.en
dc.contributor.authorBlomme, Guyen
dc.contributor.authorSsekiwoko, F.en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-28T09:46:39Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-28T09:46:39Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/73230
dc.titleThe banana Xanthomonas wilt epidemic in east and central Africa: current research and development effortsen
dcterms.abstractXanthomonas wilt is currently the major biotic threat to banana production in East and Central Africa (ECA). The recommended management options for the disease include destruction of infected plants, disinfecting tools used in the plantation, using clean planting materials, early removal of male buds and quarantine measures. These efforts to control the disease have produced partial success and the disease has continued to encroach into previously disease-free areas and to resurge in areas where it had been controlled. One of the major challenges to sustainable management of the disease has been poor understanding by stakeholders of the factors influencing disease spread. Current research efforts aim to provide additional information on disease epidemiology, fine tune existing cultural control practices, identify resistant and wilt escaping genotypes and develop a field detection tool. Development activities that aim at effective mobilization of stakeholders along the value chain for sustainable management of the disease (including use of farmer field schools (FFS) and learning and experimenting approaches for farmers (LEAFF)) have been evaluated and or implemented in ECA. In this paper, we discuss the different regional research and development efforts for the management of BXW. New research directions for sustainable management of BXW in ECA are suggested, including development of resistant banana cultivars through genetic engineering; exploring the potential use of endophytes as biological control agents; and studying modelling factors influencing BXW dynamics. Persistent challenges to managing BXW include: insufficient knowledge of the disease epidemiology critical for developing management strategies, inadequate mobilization and sensitization of the key stakeholder platforms along the production-consumption chain, ineffective surveillance methods leading to untimely actions, and lack of healthy BXW resistant seed. There is therefore need for continued research efforts and innovative approaches to effectively mobilize all stakeholders along the banana value chain.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTinzaara, W.; Karamura, E.B.; Kubiriba, J.; Ochola, D.; Ocimati, W.; Blomme, G.; Ssekiwoko, F. (2016) The banana Xanthomonas wilt epidemic in east and central Africa: current research and development efforts. In: Proceedings. IX International Symposium on Banana: ISHS-ProMusa Symposium on Unravelling the Banana's Genomic Potential. (Smith, M. et al (eds.)) Acta Horticulturae, 1114: p. 267-274. Leuven (Belgium), ISHS. ISBN: 978-94-62611-08-5en
dcterms.extentp. 267-274en
dcterms.isPartOfActa Horticulturaeen
dcterms.issued2016-03
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Society for Horticultural Scienceen
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/72946en
dcterms.subjectbananasen
dcterms.subjectfarmer field schoolsen
dcterms.subjectxanthomonas campestrisen
dcterms.subjectdisease controlen
dcterms.subjectdisease managementen
dcterms.subjecthorticultureen
dcterms.typeConference Paper

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