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Black Sigatoka of Banana: The most important disease of a most important fruit
- Authors : Ploetz, R.C.
- Document type : Journal article
- Year of publication : 2001
- Journal title : Plant Health Instructor
- Pages : 7
- Peer-reviewed : Yes
- Language(s) : English
- Abstract : Diseases are among the most important factors in banana production worldwide. They are the reasons for which all of the world's breeding programs were created and remain a primary focus of all current programs. Recently, diseases also became principal targets of biotechnological efforts to improve this crop. A leaf spot disease is the most important of these problems. Black Sigatoka, which is also known as black leaf streak, causes significant reductions in leaf area, yield losses of 50 percent or more and premature ripening, a serious defect in exported fruit. It is more damaging and difficult to control than the related yellow Sigatoka disease, and has a wider host range that includes the plantains and dessert and ABB cooking bananas that are usually not affected by yellow Sigatoka.
[Les maladies sont les principaux facteurs limitant la production des bananiers dans le monde. Elles constituent la raison majeure de la création de programmes d'amélioration à travers le monde. Récemment, les maladies sont devenues les principales cibles des efforts biotechnologiques pour améliorer cette culture. La maladie des taches noires des feuilles de bananier est la plus importante de ces problèmes. La Sigatoka noie, qui est aussi connue sous le nom des " raies noires " cause une réduction significative de la surface foliaire, une perte de rendement de 50 pourcent ou plus et un murissage précoce, un sérieuse baisse de qualité des fruits à l'exportation. La Sigatoka noire est plus difficile à contrôler et moins dommageable que la Sigatoka jaune, et elle a une large gamme d'hôtes qui incluse les bananiers, bananiers plantain et les bananiers à cuire ABB quine sont habituellement infectés par la Sigatoka jaune.]
- Keywords :
DISEASE RESISTANCE;
MYCOSPHAERELLA FIJIENSIS;
CHEMICAL CONTROL;
DISEASE CONTROL;
EPIDEMIOLOGY;
VARIETIES;
SYMPTOMS;
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
- Open access : Yes
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- Musalit document ID : IN070103
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