Fusarial Wilt (Panama Disease) of Bananas: Current Status and Control Strategies

Stover, R. H.

doi:10.17660/actahortic.1990.275.88

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“…Plant diseases have affected the well-being of nations, for example the potato late blight (Phytophthora infestans) in Ireland (1845-60) (Cox and Large, 1960); Sigatoka leaf spot (Mycosphaerella musicola; Meredith, 1970) and Panama disease (Fusarium oxysporum form sp. cubense; Stover, 1962) in Central America and beet curly top of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) (beet curly top virus) from 1916 to 1932 (Bennett, 1971). It is estimated that the annual world-wide losses due to plant diseases are as high as US$60 billion (Klausner, 1987;Agrios.…”

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New Approaches to the Detection of Microbial Plant Pathogens

Chu

Waterhouse

Martín

et al. 1989

Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews

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New Approaches to the Detection of Microbial Plant Pathogens

Chu

Waterhouse

Martín

et al. 1989

Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews

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“…1). In a more detailed study involving the application of different rates of urea, Butler was also unable to increase the severity of Panama disease in amended soils (Stover 1962). Amending soil-less media artificially inoculated with Foc with ammonium sulphate has been used for comparing the response of different banana cultivars to Panama disease (Sun and Su 1987).…”

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“…There may or may not be a longitudinal splitting at the base of the pseudostem. Splitting most commonly occurs in young, rapidly growing plants (Brandes 1919;Simmonds 1960;Stover 1962). In this study, the severity of disease in a range of banana cultivars varying in their susceptibility to race 1 of the pathogen was evaluated after adding aged chicken manure and urea to a soil naturally infested with the pathogen.…”

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A foliar rating system for comparing the resistance of banana cultivars grown as tissue-cultured plantlets in the laboratory to Fusarium wilt

Nasir

Pittaway²,

Pegg

et al. 2003

Austral. Plant Pathol.

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Abstract. A foliar rating system was developed to assess the progress of Fusarium wilt (Panama disease) caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense in seven banana cultivars differing in their resistance to race 1 of the pathogen. Plantlets were transplanted into unamended soil naturally infested with the pathogen, soil amended with urea and soil amended with aged chicken manure. A corm invasion score was also developed to assess the accuracy of the foliar symptom score as an indicator of cultivar resistance. On the basis of foliar symptom scores alone, the response of five of the seven cultivars in the chicken manure treatment corresponded to their known field response. However, the response of the other two cultivars, both susceptible to the pathogen in the field, fell into two categories. One had a high foliar symptom score and a correspondingly high corm invasion score, whereas the other had a low foliar symptom score and a high corm invasion score. Breeders need to be aware of the two categories of susceptible response, if inferior breeding material is to be rejected early on in a breeding program.A P 0 3 0 6 5 F o l i a r r a t i n g s y s t e m f o r r e s i s t a n c e t o b a n a n a F u s a r i u m w i l t N . N a s i r e t a l .

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“…Fusarium wilt can cause a bluish discolourisation of the rhizome tissue (Stover, 1962). The fungus generally colonizes the entire rhizome and therefore, the infestation cannot be eliminated by paring (MacHardey and Beckman, 1981).…”

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“…The fungus generally colonizes the entire rhizome and therefore, the infestation cannot be eliminated by paring (MacHardey and Beckman, 1981). Similarly hot water treatment does not eliminate the fungus from planting material (Stover, 1962). As an alternative to paring or additional hot water treatment, in vitro-derived propagules could be used as planting material (Vuylsteke and Ortiz, 1996).…”

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Rate of Nematode Infestation of Clean Banana Planting Material (Musa Spp. Aaa) in Uganda

Speijer¹,

Gold²,

Goossens³

et al. 2000

Acta Hortic.

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Highland cooking bananas (Musa spp. AAA) are a major staple in Eastern Africa. However, plant parasitic nematodes comprise a primary production constraint. Planting of infested material is the principle means of dispersal for these nematodes, as well as banana weevil and fusarium wilt. Nematode infestation of banana planting material can be highly reduced, using hot-water treatment, and through tissue culture techniques they can be eliminated. The benefits of nematode-free material for production, however, depend on the rate of (re)-infestation. Therefore, experiments were set up on-station (Sendusu) and in collaboration with farmers at Ikulwe and Ryeru. On station density of Radopholus similis and Helicotylenchus multicinctus in hot water treated planting material remained significantly lower (P < 0.001) than in material infested at planting over a period of 36 months after planting, irrespective of the type of management. In the farmers' fields at Ikulwe R. similis and H. multicinctus remained significantly lower (P < 0.05) in the hot water treated than in the untreated farmers' material over a period of 30 months. At this site clean material was planted adjacent to the existing banana stand. However, at Ryeru, the material was planted into existing plots and the hot-water treated material was rapidly infested. Due to the relative slow rate of nematode re-infestation, clean material, planted adjacent to the existing banana stand, may allow a management option whereby farmers select material from this clean source to further expand their plantation.

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Fusarial Wilt (Panama Disease) of Bananas: Current Status and Control Strategies

Cited by 97 publications

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New Approaches to the Detection of Microbial Plant Pathogens

New Approaches to the Detection of Microbial Plant Pathogens

A foliar rating system for comparing the resistance of banana cultivars grown as tissue-cultured plantlets in the laboratory to Fusarium wilt

Rate of Nematode Infestation of Clean Banana Planting Material (Musa Spp. Aaa) in Uganda

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