Banana Fusarium Wilt Tropical Race 4: How has Bioversity International contributed to saving the Philippines’ banana industry?
| cg.authorship.types | CGIAR and advanced research institute | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture | en |
| cg.contributor.crp | Roots, Tubers and Bananas | en |
| cg.coverage.country | Philippines | en |
| cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | PH | en |
| cg.coverage.region | Asia | en |
| cg.coverage.region | South-eastern Asia | en |
| cg.creator.identifier | Arwen Bailey: 0000-0002-2201-7474 | en |
| cg.creator.identifier | Elisabetta Gotor: 0000-0003-0533-3077 | en |
| cg.creator.identifier | flavia scafetti: 0000-0003-3414-6131 | en |
| cg.creator.identifier | VINCENT JOHNSON: 0000-0001-7874-178X | en |
| cg.subject.alliancebiovciat | BANANA | en |
| cg.subject.impactArea | Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs | en |
| cg.subject.sdg | SDG 10 - Reduced inequalities | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Gotor, Elisabetta | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Bailey, Arwen | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Scafetti, Flavia | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Johnson, Vincent | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Molina, Agustin B. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-25T10:33:24Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2021-03-25T10:33:24Z | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113113 | |
| dc.title | Banana Fusarium Wilt Tropical Race 4: How has Bioversity International contributed to saving the Philippines’ banana industry? | en |
| dcterms.abstract | Bananas are of huge importance to the Philippines economy, particularly in the region of Mindanao, which is the main exporter of sweet Cavendish bananas – the kind sold in supermarkets worldwide. Filipino bananas comprise 90% of Asia’s banana exports (FAO2017_banana), and Cavendish cultivars worldwide represent 16% of the global export market, at a value of well over US$ 1 billion. Cavendish plantings cover more than 80,000 hectares in the Philippines. The national export industry directly employs about 320,000 people, 70% of whom work for large corporate growers, and 30% as small-scale farmers. The export industry is, however, vulnerable to disease since it depends on just a single cultivar subgroup- Cavendish- grown in monocultures. In the early 2000s, the Philippines economy was threatened with huge losses by a deadly disease that began to spread through the Cavendish populations: Fusarium wilt of banana caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (Foc TR4). If uncontrolled, Foc TR4 could potentially wipe out the whole banana industry in these islands, with devastating effects on local communities. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | en |
| dcterms.audience | Scientists | en |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Gotor, E.; Bailey, A.; Scafetti, F.; Johnson, V.; Molina, A.B. (2021) Banana Fusarium Wilt Tropical Race 4: How has Bioversity International contributed to saving the Philippines’ banana industry? 6 p. | en |
| dcterms.extent | 6 p. | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2021-03-01 | en |
| dcterms.language | en | en |
| dcterms.license | CC-BY-4.0 | en |
| dcterms.subject | banana | en |
| dcterms.subject | market economies | en |
| dcterms.subject | crop production | en |
| dcterms.subject | economic situation | en |
| dcterms.subject | economías de mercado | en |
| dcterms.subject | producción vegetal | en |
| dcterms.subject | situación económica | en |
| dcterms.type | Brief | en |