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 …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the plant virus disease problem in the
develo** world. The viruses of greatest importance are those affecting the crops that feed …

Seeds provide an efficient means in disseminating plant virus and viroid diseases. The
success of modern agriculture depends on pathogen free seed with high yielding character …

Virus and viroid diseases are serious constraints to the production and profitability of a wide
range of tropical crops. Many plant virus outbreaks have been recorded in the last two …

Banana and Plantains (Musa spp.) are some of the earliest crop plants having been
domesticated by humans. Bananas are consumed as ripe fruit, whereas plantains, which …

Many of the world's most important food crops are grown in the tropics and major crops like
rice, maize, wheat, sorghum, barley, tomato, chillies, okra, peas, peanut, sunflower …

A multiplex, immunocapture PCR (M-IC-PCR) was developed for the simultaneous detection
of three viruses from crude sap extracts of banana and plantain (Musa spp.). A reverse …

This chapter reviews the taxonomy, anatomy and general attributes of banana and plantain
fruit, together with the distribution, importance, aetiology, epidemiology and control of their …

With the current world population growth of 1.2%, the earth can expect to house 9-10 billion
people by 2050. Food production, too, must increase to accommodate these numbers. Easy …

Banana bract mosaic virus (BBrMV) is a serious pathogen threatening the cultivation of
banana and plantain worldwide. This study reports the development of a practical, rapid …