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Where banana diversity defies expectations

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Anne Vézina Thursday, 08 April 2021

Pacific Diversity

A pre-pandemic visit to Papua New Guinea revealed a rare and improbable edible banana.

Banana pathogens’ new names

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Anne Vézina Tuesday, 06 October 2020

Xanthomonas

TR4 is associated with a new species name, while the causal agent of BXW (finally) changes species.

Modernizing Simmonds and Shepherd’s legacy

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Anne Vézina Thursday, 23 May 2019

Domestication Taxonomy

The nomenclature system specific to edible bananas is the only alternative to Latin binomials, but it needs tweaking and advocates to promote it.

Linnaeus’s banana legacy

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Anne Vézina Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Domestication Taxonomy

How Linnaeus inadvertently muddled the taxonomy of bananas when he gave Latin binomials to two edible bananas.

The impact of extreme weather events on the price of bananas

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Anne Vézina Monday, 23 July 2018

Markets Trade Climate change

A study explores the impact of extreme weather events on the price of bananas in the French market.

One fungus, one name and the Sigatoka disease complex on banana

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Anne Vézina Tuesday, 19 December 2017

BLSD Taxonomy

Taxonomists have put an end to the practice of giving separate names to the sexual and asexual forms of pathogenic fungi.

The hidden side of banana diversity

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Anne Vézina Tuesday, 24 October 2017

Diversity Plantains EAHB Domestication Cavendish Pacific

How three cultivar-rich but genetically homogeneous types of bananas came to dominate global production.

Agroecology and the banana: from theory to practice

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Anne Vézina Wednesday, 22 March 2017

Weevils Sustainability Soil ProMusa Agroecology

How close (or far) are we from banana production systems inspired by agroecological principles?

GWAS and the parthenocarpic banana

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Anne Vézina Tuesday, 31 May 2016

Genomics RTB Pacific Domestication

A proof-of-concept study shows that genome-wide associations are feasible in banana.

Why screening protocols matter

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Anne Vézina Thursday, 27 August 2015

Fusarium TR4

Embrapa scientist Miguel Dita on the need to improve the screening of bananas for their resistance to Fusarium wilt.

The 22 days that changed the Australian banana industry

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Anne Vézina Monday, 16 March 2015

TR4 Australia Fusarium Biosecurity

Australian farmers are fighting to contain TR4, the greatest threat to the country's banana industry.

Lessening the impact of tropical cyclones

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Anne Vézina Thursday, 22 January 2015

Australia Wind damage

The Australian banana industry developed practices to reduce the impact of tropical cyclones on growers’ livelihoods.

The Plantains of the Democratic Republic of Congo

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Anne Vézina Monday, 28 July 2014

Africa Diversity Plantains

A series of collecting missions to the four corners of the Democratic Republic of Congo reveals the extent of the country’s Plantain diversity.

Rehabilitating banana fields devastated by Xanthomonas wilt

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Anne Vézina Friday, 30 May 2014

Crop protection Xanthomonas

The story of Katana’s banana farmers illustrates how destructive Xanthomonas wilt can be, but also how manageable it is.

TR4’s transcontinental leap

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Anne Vézina Thursday, 21 November 2013

Africa Crop protection TR4 Fusarium Biosecurity

While Latin America is preparing for the worst, the banana community comes to grips with the news that tropical race 4 is on Africa’s doorstep.

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