Banana is an important staple food crop feeding more than 100 million Africans, but is
subject to severe productivity constraints due to a range of pests and diseases. Banana …

Rice blast (RB, caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae) is the most devastating disease
in global rice production, and can cause significant yield losses and increasingly threaten …

As development donors invest hundreds of millions of dollars into improved crops designed
to alleviate poverty and hunger, Africa has emerged as the final frontier in the global debate …

Conventional ex-ante evaluations rely on a mix of economic, environmental, and social
indicators to assess the potential impacts of Genetically Modified (GM) crops prior to their …

SUMMARY Taxonomy: Bacteria; Phylum Proteobacteria; Class Gammaproteobacteria;
Order Xanthomonadales; Family Xanthomonadaceae; Genus Xanthomonas; currently …

Banana production landscapes in the African Great Lakes Region (AGLR) have been under
immense pressure from Xanthomonas wilt (XW) disease over the past two decades. XW, first …

Global food security is threatened by the impacts of the spread of crop pests and changes in
the complex interactions between crops and pests under climate change. Schrankia …

This work was done to address the huge decline of banana value chain in Malawi mainly
due to Banana Bunchy Top Disease. Prevalence of several factors comprising poor soil …

Climate change is expected to affect crop production directly and indirectly due to changes
in crop suitability, decrease in productivity, and higher incidence of pest and diseases. In the …

Banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) is a major threat to banana production in Rwanda,
causing up to 100% yield loss. There are no biological or chemical control measures, and …