Processes and partnerships for effective regional surveillance of banana diseases

Crop diseases do not respect country borders and yet preventive measures to curtail the introduction, establishment and spread of diseases are often coordinated on a country-by-country basis. This is ...

Diversity and morphological characterization of Musa spp. in North Kivu and Ituri provinces, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo constitutes an area where the East African Highland bananas (Musa-AAA-EA) and plantains (Musa-AAB) meet. However, Musa diversity in this region has never been char...

Biology, etiology, and control of virus diseases of banana and plantain

Banana and plantain (Musa spp.), produced in 10.3 million ha in the tropics, are among the world’s top 10 food crops. They are vegetatively propagated using suckers or tissue culture plants and ...

Banana and plantain production systems in Benin: ethnobotanical investigation, varietal diversity, pests, and implications for better production

The cultivated banana and plantain (Musa spp.) are valuable for nutritional and socio-economic security for millions of people worldwide. In Benin, banana and plantain are among the most produced, con...

Banana pest risk assessment along banana trade axes running from low to high altitude sites, in the Eastern DR Congo and in Burundi

Pests and diseases greatly contribute to the decline in banana yields, food and income insecurity in the Great Lakes region of Africa. Understanding people’s role in pest and disease spread at lands...

Seed degeneration of banana planting materials: strategies for improved farmer access to healthy seed

Vegetatively propagated crops, suffer from yield loss and reduced stand density and longevity caused by the buildup of certain pests and pathogens between successive plantings via via infected plantin...

Évaluation du potentiel prolifératif de six cultivars de bananier (cv. AAB, ABB, et AAA) par macropropagation en République Démocratique du Congo.

Objectifs: L’objectif était celui d’améliorer la technique de macropropagation pour la production du matériel végétal de plantation de bananiers, en comparant les différents cultivars en vue...

Strategic assessment of banana research priorities

In 2013/14 RTB conducted a strategic assessment of research priorities for its major target crops (cassava, banana, potato, sweet potato, and yam). All five studies followed a common framework jointly...

Banana seed system innovations – assessing decision-making roles to increase their take-up

Innovations in seed systems can have a powerful impact on crop production, particularly in combating pests and diseases that take a heavy toll on farmers’ yields and incomes. For seed-borne diseases...

Aerial images detect and track food security threats for millions of African farmers

An early warning system detects and prevents diseases in banana, a key food security crop in Africa. It relies on machine learning and imagery collected by mobile phones, drones and satellites New res...

Seed system toolbox

 See our other golden eggs Toolbox for Seed Systems of Roots, Tubers and Bananas    Purpose Understand existing seed systems of vegetatively propagated crops, mainly potatoes, sweetpotatoes, ca...

How RTB researchers try to develop the potential of RTB seed systems

Roots, tubers and bananas share one characteristic that unites them in the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tuber and Bananas (RTB): farmers multiply them vegetatively, rather than as true seeds produ...