Fusarium Wilt of Banana

Edited by R.C. Ploetz
APS Press 1990

Softcover 140 pages, 19 photographs ISBN 0890541124 £33.00

This book reviews the status of the disease, Fusarium Wilt of Banana, and covers past and recent research. The contents are as follows:

Preface

History and Status of Fusarium Wilt of Banana

Fusarium Wilt of Banana: Some History and Current Status of the Disease
Importance of Fusarium Wilt in Different Banana-Growing
The Pathogen
Taxonomy of Fungi in the Genus Fusarium with Emphasis on Fusarium oxysporum
Genetic Exchange Within Sexual and Asexual Populations of the Genus Fusarium
Molecular Genetics of Plant Pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum
Using Karyotype Variability to Investigate the Origins and Relatedness of isolates of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense
Population Biology of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Biological Control of Diseases Caused by Fusarium oxysporum

The Host

Influence of Mineral Nutrition on Fusarium Wilt: A Proposed Mechanism Involving Cell Water Relations
Host Responses to the Pathogen
Banana Breeding and Fusarium Wilt
Breeding Bananas and Plantains for Resistance to Fusarium Wilt: The Track Record
Somaclonal Resistance in Cavendish Banana to Fusarium Wilt
Baseline Tissue and Cell Culture Studies for Use in Banana Improvement Schemes

Summary

Participants