Management of Fusarium wilt of banana: A review with special reference to tropical race 4

Ploetz, R. C.

doi:10.1016/j.cropro.2015.01.007

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“…Although the BRS Platina, BRS Tropical, BRS Garantida, and Grande Naine cultivars were planted in neighbor plots to Maçã, no symptoms of the disease were detected, confirming the resistance of those plants to Foc, possibly race one. The cultivars Grande Naine and Williams from the Cavendish subgroup are susceptible to Foc, race TR4 (Ploetz, 2015), for which there are no known reports in the area, still considered under risk. Among the genotypes tested, 'BRS Tropical', 'Thap Maeo', and 'Caipira', also resistant to Fusarium wilt, produce small fruits and can be considered as a type of 'Maçã' banana (Carvalho et al, 2011).…”

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Performance of banana genotypes with resistance to black leaf streak disease in Northeastern Brazil

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Performance of banana genotypes with resistance to black leaf streak disease in Northeastern Brazil

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“…The most serious threat is Fusarium wilt TR4 [8,10] ( Figure 1A-C). TR4 differs from the disease that decimated Gros Michel last century, in that it infects and kills Cavendish, as well as a number of other race 1 resistant cultivars.…”

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Modifying Bananas: From Transgenics to Organics?

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Bananas are one of the top ten world food crops. Unlike most other major food crops, bananas are difficult to genetically improve. The challenge is that nearly all banana cultivars and landraces are triploids, with high levels of male and female infertility. There are a number of international conventional breeding programs and many of these are developing new cultivars. However, it is virtually impossible to backcross bananas, thus excluding the possibility of introgressing new traits into a current cultivar. The alternative strategy is to "modify" the cultivar itself. We have been developing the capacity to modify Cavendish bananas and other cultivars for both disease resistance and enhanced fruit quality. Initially, we were using transgenes; genes that were derived from species outside of the Musa or banana genus. However, we have recently incorporated two banana genes (cisgenes) into Cavendish; one to enhance the level of pro-vitamin A and the other to increase the resistance to Panama disease. Modified Cavendish with these cisgenes have been employed in a field trial. Almost certainly, the next advance will be to edit the Cavendish genome, to generate the desired traits. As these banana cultivars are essentially sterile, transgene flow and the outcrossing of modified genes into wild Musa species. are highly unlikely and virtually impossible in other triploid cultivars. Therefore, genetic changes in bananas may be compatible with organic farming.

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“…Biological control of Panama disease has received considerable attention, but long-term efficacy of this approach in the field has not been demonstrated (Ploetz 2015). Diverse microbes have been tested, but most reports are on in vitro assays or short-term greenhouse studies.…”

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“…Reports of 20 years are common (Stover 1962), and in extreme cases 40 years have been indicated (Simmonds 1966;Buddenhagen 2009). Stover (1962) suggested that resilient chlamydospores of Foc were responsible for its longevity, but its survival as a non-pathogenic parasite of weed roots (Hennessy et al 2005;Waite & Dunlap 1953) is probably more important for long-term survival in the absence of its banana host (Ploetz 2015).…”

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Tropical race 4 of Panama disease in the Middle East

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Background Panama disease (aka Fusarium wilt) of banana (Musa spp.) has been a destructive problem for well over a century. Race 1 of the pathogen, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), was responsible for the demise of the first export trades of banana that were based on the cultivar 'Gros Michel'. Currently, tropical race 4 (TR4) impacts the Cavendish cultivars, which are most important in both export and smallholder production. TR4 was confirmed in Jordan in 2013, but has probably been present in the country since at least 2005.

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Management of Fusarium wilt of banana: A review with special reference to tropical race 4

Cited by 296 publications

References 80 publications

Performance of banana genotypes with resistance to black leaf streak disease in Northeastern Brazil

Performance of banana genotypes with resistance to black leaf streak disease in Northeastern Brazil

Modifying Bananas: From Transgenics to Organics?

Tropical race 4 of Panama disease in the Middle East

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