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Fusarium wilt of banana: Current knowledge on epidemiology and research needs toward sustainable disease management

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Title Fusarium wilt of banana: Current knowledge on epidemiology and research needs toward sustainable disease management
 
Creator Dita, M.
Barquero, M.
Heck, D.
Mizubuti, E.
Staver, Charles
 
Subject musa
bananas
panama disease
epidemiology
 
Description Banana production is seriously threatened by Fusarium wilt (FW), a disease caused by the soil-borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc). In the mid-twentieth century FW, also known as “Panama disease”, wiped out the Gros Michel banana industry in Central America. The devastation caused by Foc race 1 was mitigated by a shift to resistant Cavendish cultivars, which are currently the source of 99% of banana exports. However, a new strain of Foc, the tropical race 4 (TR4), attacks Cavendish clones and a diverse range of other banana varieties. Foc TR4 has been restricted to East and parts of Southeast Asia for more than 20 years, but since 2010 the disease has spread westward into five additional countries in Southeast and South Asia (Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, India, and Pakistan) and at the transcontinental level into the Middle East (Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, and Israel) and Africa (Mozambique). The spread of Foc TR4 is of great concern due to the limited knowledge about key aspects of disease epidemiology and the lack of effective management models, including resistant varieties and soil management approaches. In this review we summarize the current knowledge on the epidemiology of FW of banana, highlighting knowledge gaps in pathogen survival and dispersal, factors driving disease intensity, soil and plant microbiome and the dynamics of the disease. Comparisons with FW in other crops were also made to indicate possible differences and commonalities. Our current understanding of the role of main biotic and abiotic factors on disease intensity is reviewed, highlighting research needs and futures directions. Finally, a set of practices and their impact on disease intensity are discussed and proposed as an integrative management approach that could eventually be used by a range of users, including plant protection organizations, researchers, extension workers and growers.
 
Date 2018
2019-04-03T09:09:03Z
2019-04-03T09:09:03Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Dita, M.; Barquero, M.; Heck, D.; Mizubuti, E.; Staver, C. (2018) Fusarium wilt of banana: Current knowledge on epidemiology and research needs toward sustainable disease management. Frontiers in Plant Science 9 Article 1468 21 p. ISSN: 1664-462X
1664-462X
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100674
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2018.01468/full
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01468
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 21 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher Frontiers Media SA
 
Source Frontiers in Plant Science