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The request for this training was initiated by L’Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi(ISABU), who invited IITA to provide tuition and materials for the production and use of semiselectivemedia for banana Xanthomonas wilt (*see box below). ISABU wanted to create the capacity toindependent...


Beed, Fen D.Fiaboe, K.K.M.Boa, E.Smith, J.[Plant pathology activities supported by CIALCA]Plant pathology activities supported by CIALCA

Álvarez, ElizabethPantoja, AlbertoGañan, LedersonCeballos, Germán[Black Sigatoka in plantain and banana]Black Sigatoka in plantain and banana

Álvarez, ElizabethPantoja, AlbertoCeballos, GermánGañan, Lederson[Managing Moko disease of banana in Latin America and the Caribbean]Managing Moko disease of banana in Latin America and the Caribbean

Ekesa, B.Nabuuma, D.[Addressing Vitamin A deficiency through incorporation of Vitamin A rich banana varieties in Ugandan farming and food systems]Addressing Vitamin A deficiency through incorporation of Vitamin A rich banana varieties in Ugandan farming and food systems

Bioversity International has a standing commitment to the long-term conservation of the global banana (Musa spp.) collection held in trust at the Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC) in Leuven, Belgium under the auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (...


Bioversity International[Operations, outreach and impact]Operations, outreach and impact

The availability of the banana reference genome sequence (D’Hont et al., 2012) and Next Generation Sequencing technologies have boosted research that helps to better understand the banana (Musa spp.) genetic diversity held in the Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC). New i...


Bioversity International[Unravelling the genetic basis of banana traits using next generation sequencing technologies]Unravelling the genetic basis of banana traits using next generation sequencing technologies

Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children, with an estimated 250,000-500,000 children becoming blind every year. Half of them die within 12 months of losing their sight, as VAD increases the risk of disease and death from severe infections. In pregnant w...


Bioversity International[Use of banana diversity for nutritious diets]Use of banana diversity for nutritious diets

Water shortage is an important limiting abiotic factor in agriculture, and the problem is expected to increase with climate change causing more frequent and more severe droughts in many areas. Banana needs vast amounts of water for optimal production. In commercial Cavendish export production sys...


Bioversity International[Phenotyping for drought]Phenotyping for drought

Fusarium wilt of banana, caused by the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), has widely been considered as one of the most devastating diseases in agricultural history, until resistant Cavendish banana cultivars replaced susceptible ones in Central America. New outbreaks of the...


Bioversity International[Screening for resistance to Fusarium wilt]Screening for resistance to Fusarium wilt

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