List price   € 89   Buy this book   This title is available in ActaHort USB-drive or e-Acta format - not available in print Conveners   E.P. Amorim, A. Pires de Matos, I. Van den Bergh  Editors   I. Van den Bergh, E.P. Amorim, V. Johnson  Publication date   25 April 2013  ISBN   978-90-66053-59-5  ISSN   0567-7572 (print)   2406-6168 (electronic)  Number of articles   39  Volumes   1  Place   Salvador (Bahia), Brazil  Online articles: PANORAMA OF THE BANANA INDUSTRY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON BRAZIL (D.H. Reinhardt, J.A. dos Santos-Serejo, J. da S. Souza) CROP PHYSIOLOGY AND CULTURAL PRACTICES - A SYNERGY IN BANANA AND PLANTAIN (MUSA SPP.) (D.W. Turner) TISSUE CULTURE BANANA (MUSA SPP.) FOR SMALLHOLDER FARMERS: LESSONS LEARNT FROM EAST AFRICA (T. Dubois, Y. Dusabe, M. Lule, P. Van Asten, D. Coyne, J.-C. Hobayo, S. Nkurunziza, E. Ouma, N. Kabunga, M. Qaim, E. Kahangi, P. Mwirigi, P. Mwaura, D. Kisii, H. Kizito, J. Mugisha) EVALUATION OF BANANA GENOTYPES OVER TWO CROP CYCLES UNDER SUBTROPICAL CONDITIONS IN THE RIBEIRA VALLEY, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL (E.S. Nomura, W.S. Moraes, E.R. Damatto Junior, E.J. Fuzitani, L.A. Saes, E.P. Amorim, S.O. Silva) PHOTOSYNTHETIC PERFORMANCE OF BANANA ('GROS MICHEL', AAA) UNDER A NATURAL SHADE GRADIENT (P. Siles, O. Bustamante, E. Valdivia, J. Burkhardt, C. Staver) INTERCROPPING BANANAS WITH COFFEE AND TREES: PROTOTYPING AGROECOLOGICAL INTENSIFICATION BY FARMERS AND SCIENTISTS (C. Staver, O. Bustamante, P. Siles, C. Aguilar, K. Quinde, J. Castellón, F. Somarriba, A. Tapia, S. Brenes, M. Deras, N. Matute) CURRENT GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF TWO NATIVE AFRICAN BIOTIC CONSTRAINTS TO MUSA PRODUCTION: XANTHOMONAS WILT OF BANANA AND ENSET, AND SOME NEMATODE SPECIES (G. Blomme, N. Price, D. Coyne, P.C.E. Lepoint, N. Nicolas, P. Ndayihazamaso, C. Niyongere, Z. Yemataw, T. Addis, M. Pillay, E.B. Karamura, D. Jones) DOES XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. MUSACEARUM COLONIZE BANANA CORD ROOT TISSUE? (W. Ocimati, F. Ssekiwoko, E.B. Karamura, W. Tinzaara, G. Blomme) CULTURAL PRACTICES FOR BANANA BUNCHY TOP DISEASE MANAGEMENT: A SUSTAINABLE OPTION FOR BURUNDIAN SMALLHOLDERS? (P.C.E. Lepoint, R. Sibomana, C. Niyongere, G. Blomme) EFFECTIVENESS OF AGRO-ECOLOGICAL INTENSIFICATION PRACTICES IN MANAGING PESTS IN SMALLHOLDER BANANA SYSTEMS IN EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA (E.B. Karamura, W. Jogo, A. Rietveld, D. Ochola, C. Staver, W. Tinzaara, D.A. Karamura, J. Kubiriba, S. Weise) DETECTING FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. CUBENSE TROPICAL RACE 4 IN SOIL AND SYMPTOMLESS BANANA TISSUES (M.A. Dita, C. Waalwijk, P. Mutua, A. Daly, P.F.L. Chang, B.M. Corcolon, L. Paiva, M. Souza, G.H.J. Kema) VEGETATIVE TRAITS AND YIELDS OF A 'DWARF POME' AND ITS TETRAPLOID HYBRID UNDER DIFFERENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS (S.L.R. Donato, P.R.R. Marques, E.F. Coelho) A WARNING SYSTEM AS A TOOL TO CONTROL MYCOSPHAERELLA LEAF SPOTS IN SMALL BANANA FARMS IN THE SOUTH OF BRAZIL (M. Sônego, L.A.M. Peruch, R.H. Hinz) NECROTIC LEAF REMOVAL: AN EFFECTIVE METHOD TO LIMIT THE GREEN LIFE SHORTENING EFFECTS OF SIGATOKA LEAF SPOT DISEASE IN BANANAS (F.P. Castelan, L.A. Saraiva, B.R. Cordenunsi, M. Chillet) THE USE OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS QST 713 AND BACILLUS PUMILUS QST 2808 AS PROTECTANT FUNGICIDES IN CONVENTIONAL APPLICATION PROGRAMS FOR BLACK LEAF STREAK CONTROL (L. Serrano, D. Manker, F. Brandi, T. Cali) WHY SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF XANTHOMONAS WILT OF BANANA IN EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA HAS BEEN ELUSIVE (W. Tinzaara, E.B. Karamura, G. Blomme, W. Jogo, W. Ocimati, A. Rietveld, J. Kubiriba, F. Opio) COMPARATIVE TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSES AND GENOME ASSEMBLY OF FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. CUBENSE (M.A. Dita, R. Herai, C. Waalwijk, M. Yamagishi, P. Giachetto, G. Ferreira, M. Souza, G.H.J. Kema) BANANA BREEDING AT EMBRAPA CASSAVA AND FRUITS (E.P. Amorim, J.A. dos Santos-Serejo, V.B.O. Amorim, C.F. Ferreira, S.O. Silva) CONVENTIONAL BANANA AND PLANTAIN BREEDING (R. Ortiz) EVALUATION OF POLLEN FERTILITY OF DIPLOID AND DOUBLED-DIPLOID CLONES OF MLALI AND THEIR POTENTIAL USE FOR BANANA BREEDING (S. Goigoux, F. Salmon, F. Bakry) IMPROVEMENT OF CAVENDISH BANANA CULTIVARS THROUGH CONVENTIONAL BREEDING (J.F. Aguilar Morán) SYNTHESIS OF NEW INTERSPECIFIC TRIPLOID HYBRIDS FROM NATURAL AB GERMPLASM IN BANANA (MUSA SP.) (C. Jenny, Y. Holtz, J.-P. Horry, F. Bakry) PLANET OF THE CAVENDISH - UNDERSTANDING THE DOMINATION (J. Daniells, V. O'Keefe, H. Smyth, K. Gething, K. Fanning, P. Telford) UNDERSTANDING PLANT IMMUNITY: TRANSCRIPTOME PROFILING IN MUSA-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS USING NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING (M.A.N. Passos, F.L. Emediato, V.O. Cruz, C. de Camargo Teixeira, L.F. de Alencar Figueiredo, N.F. Martins, R.C. Togawa, M.M.C. Costa, O. Silva Jr., G.J. Pappas Jr., R.N.G. Miller) A SIMPLE AND ROBUST APPROACH FOR GENOTYPING IN MUSACEAE (E. Hřibová, P. Christelová, N. Roux, J. Dolezel) SSR MINING IN 454 TRANSCRIPTOME SEQUENCING-DERIVED MUSA ACUMINATE UNIGENES (V.O. Cruz, V.C.R. Azevedo, G.J. Pappas Jr., O. Silva Jr., R.N.G. Miller) AGRONOMIC AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF GAMMA RAY-INDUCED BANANA (MUSA SP.) MUTANTS USING A MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ALGORITHM (R.K.N. Pestana, E.P. Amorim, C.F. Ferreira, V.B.O. Amorim, L.S. Oliveira, C.A.S. Ledo, S.O. Silva) ANALYSIS OF EXPRESSION OF NBS-LRR RESISTANCE GENE ANALOGS IN MUSA ACUMINATE DURING COMPATIBLE AND INCOMPATIBLE INTERACTIONS WITH MYCOSPHAERELLA MUSICOLA (F.L. Emediato, M.A.N. Passos, C. de Camargo Teixeira, G.J. Pappas Jr., R.N.G. Miller) LARGE-SCALE ADOPTION OF IMPROVED PLANTAINS: THE IMPACT OF FHIA-21 IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (H. Garming, J. Espinosa, S. Guardia, R. Jimenez) PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENTIATION OF DESSERT AND COOKING BANANA DURING RIPENING - A KEY FOR UNDERSTANDING CONSUMER PREFERENCES (O. Gibert, D. Dufour, M. Reynes, A. Prades, L. Moreno Alzate, A. Giraldo, A. Escobar, A. González) JUST GREEN BANANAS: TOWARDS FULL SUSTAINABILITY OF THE EXPORT BANANA TRADE (J.W.H. van der Waal, J.R.J. Moss) PHYSICO-CHEMICAL EVALUATION OF FRUIT OF IMPROVED BANANA CULTIVARS IN BRAZIL BY MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS (E.S. Viana, L.A. Oliveira, M.R. Sousa, M.V.S. Andrade, M.D. Fonseca, S.M. Silveira, E.P. Amorim) BANANA CULTIVARS WITH RESISTANCE TO BLACK LEAF STREAK AND POTENTIAL FOR JAM PROCESSING (R.C.B. de Godoy, N. Waszczynskj, F.A. Santana, S.O. Silva, M.A.S. Neto, L.A. Oliveira, C.A.S. Ledo) RETENTION OF PROVITAMIN A CAROTENOIDS DURING POSTHARVEST RIPENING AND PROCESSING OF THREE POPULAR MUSA CULTIVARS IN SOUTH-WESTERN UGANDA (B. Ekesa, C. Mirroir, G. Blomme, I. Van den Bergh, M.W. Davey) BANANA VALUE CHAINS IN CENTRAL AMERICA - OPTIONS FOR SMALLHOLDERS ON DOMESTIC AND REGIONAL MARKETS (H. Garming, N. Castellon, S. Rajala, U. Grote, C. Staver) EFFECT OF BLACK LEAF STREAK DISEASE ON BANANA FRUIT QUALITY (L.A. Saraiva, F.P. Castelan, B.R. Cordenunsi, M. Chillet) ACCEPTANCE OF BANANA CULTIVARS RESISTANT TO BLACK LEAF STREAK BY CONSUMERS OF THE BRAZILIAN NORTHEAST REGION (D.S. Garruti, G.S. Pereira, O.B. Weber, J.N. da Costa, H.V.V. Facundo) TOWARDS A MORE SUSTAINABLE BANANA - LIMITATIONS AND STRENGTHS OF A TERRITORIAL APPROACH (L. Clercx, B. Huyghe) BANANA IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: CURRENT STATE, CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES (M.A. Dita, H. Garming, I. Van den Bergh, C. Staver, T. Lescot)