Instant Insights

Chapter 1 - Understanding the banana industry: monoculture and beyond: Dan Koeppel, Independent Journalist and Researcher, USA;

1 Introduction

2 Banana varieties and the Cavendish monoculture

3 The development of a banana monoculture

4 The dynamics of the banana monoculture

5 Post-war developments: business as usual?

6 The Cavendish era

7 Cavendish in crisis and a new paradigm

8 The hunt for new varieties

9 Future trends and conclusion

10 Where to look for further information

Chapter 2 - Fusarium wilt of banana: impact, epidemiology and management of Fusarium wilt Race 1 and 2 [Ed. 4]: Einar Mart­nez de la Parte, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands and Instituto de Investigaciones de Sanidad Vegetal (INISAV), Cuba; and Luis P©rez-Vicente, Instituto de Investigaciones de Sanidad Vegetal (INISAV), Cuba;

1 Introduction

2 Disease symptoms

3 Pathogen characteristics

4 Disease cycle and epidemiology

5 Disease occurrence and impact

6 Disease resistance: cultivar susceptibility and host resistance

7 Management of the disease

8 Conclusion and future trends

9 Where to look for further information

10 References

Chapter 3 - The past, present and future of Fusarium wilt of banana caused by Tropical Race 4 [Ed. 5]: Fernando Garc­a-Bastidas, KeyGene B.V., The Netherlands; Andr© Drenth, The University of Queensland, Australia; and Gert H. J. Kema, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;

1 Introduction

2 Past: origins, spread and biology

3 Present: detection, epidemiology and control

4 Future: preventative/curative disease control and breeding

5 Conclusion

6 Where to look for further information

7 Acknowledgements

8 References

Chapter 4 - Targeted improvement of Cavendish clones: Eli Khayat, Rahan Meristem (1998) LTD., Israel;

1 Introduction

2 Genetic background of bananas and plantains

3 In vitro mutagenesis: somaclonal variation

4 Conclusion and future trends

5 References

Chapter 5 - Developing hybrid banana varieties with improved properties: Edson Perito Amorim, Vanusia Batista de Oliveira Amorim, Manass©s dos Santos Silva, Fernando Haddad, Claudia Fortes Ferreira and Janay Almeida dos Santos Serejo, Embrapa, Brazil;

1 Introduction

2 Released hybrids

3 Seeds as the basis of the genetic improvement program of Embrapa

4 Improved diploids and their importance in the improvement of Musa spp.

5 Phenotyping for resistance to Fusarium wilt race 1

6 The Embrapa breeding cycle

7 Alternatives to breeding based on crosses

8 Future trends and conclusion

9 References