News and analysis | Improving the understanding of banana

5,432 banana names and counting... on you

Blog post actions

Print

Anne Vézina Thursday, 17 October 2013

Diversity

A global list of cultivar names hopes to bring taxonomic relief to scientists working on bananas.

Banana breeding’s explorer

Blog post actions

Print

Anne Vézina Thursday, 04 July 2013

Breeding Profiles

Frédéric Bakry has carved for himself a unique career thanks to his readiness for taking calculated risks and exploring the roads less travelled.

Australia’s Hundred Years War on bunchy top

Blog post actions

Print

Anne Vézina Tuesday, 09 April 2013

Bunchy top Australia

Australia has embarked on an ambitious plan to eradicate a devastating viral disease from its territory.

Trainer’s manuals on banana tissue-culture plantlets

Blog post actions

Print

Anne Vézina Friday, 01 March 2013

Tissue culture Books RTB Planting material

Learning how to handle tissue-culture plantlets. Photo by Thomas Dubois.

Two manuals explain how to train farmers and prospective nursery operators to become successful entrepreneurs.

A new disease of banana?

Blog post actions

Print

Anne Vézina Tuesday, 05 February 2013

Phytoplasma

Survey results from Papua New Guinea provide the strongest evidence so far that phytoplasmas can cause disease in bananas.

Best bets for banana research

Blog post actions

Print

Anne Vézina Tuesday, 18 December 2012

RTB

Which problems should scientists solve first and which solutions are more likely to have a positive impact on food security and livelihoods?

Las mejores apuestas para la investigación del banano

Blog post actions

Print

Anne Vézina Tuesday, 18 December 2012

¿Qué problemas deberían solucionar los científicos en primer lugar y cuáles de estas soluciones tienen más posibilidades de tener un impacto positivo en la seguridad alimenticia y en el sustento de vida de los agricultores?

Les meilleurs paris pour la recherche bananière

Blog post actions

Print

Anne Vézina Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Quels problèmes doivent résoudre en priorité les scientifiques et quelles sont les solutions les plus susceptibles d'avoir un impact positif sur la sécurité alimentaire et les moyens de subsistance?

Growing Cavendish in the presence of TR4

Blog post actions

Print

Anne Vézina Monday, 10 December 2012

Improved materials Fusarium TR4 GCTCV

Giant Cavendish Tissue Culture variant 105(GCTCV_105) plants

Farmers are using Chinese leeks and Cavendish somaclonal variants to cope with Fusarium wilt.

Farmer Field Schools that keep on giving

Blog post actions

Print

Anne Vézina Monday, 03 December 2012

Xanthomonas

Farmer Field Schools and hard work pay off for Kenyan farmers resisting the spread of Xanthomonas wilt.

RTB gathers steam

Blog post actions

Print

Anne Vézina Thursday, 22 November 2012

RTB

Officially launched in January, the Roots, Tubers and Bananas CGIAR Research Program is up and running and looking to the future.

First glimpse at the banana genome

Blog post actions

Print

Anne Vézina Wednesday, 11 July 2012

Genomics Acuminata genome

The genome sequence is expected to provide genetic tools to help overcome obstacles to conserving, breeding and sustainably producing bananas.

A life dedicated to bananas

Blog post actions

Print

Anne Vézina Monday, 25 June 2012

Cavendish Books Profiles

After working on bananas for more than 40 years, André Lassoudière continues his love affair with the world’s most popular fruit in a series of books written for the French-speaking market.