Worse Comes to Worst: Bananas and Panama Disease—When Plant and Pathogen Clones Meet

2015257 citationsReviewgold Open Access

Authors

N. Ordóñez · Wageningen University & Research

Michael Seidl · Wageningen University & Research

Cees Waalwijk · Wageningen University & Research

A. Drenth · University of Queensland

Andrzej Kilian · University of Canberra

Bart P. H. J. Thomma · Wageningen University & Research

R. C. Ploetz

Abstract

This article deals with: Bananas: their origin and global rollout; genetic diversity of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense, the causal agent of Panama Disease; Panama Disease: history repeats itself; tropical race 4, a single pathogen clone, threatens global banana production; strategies for sustainable Panama Disease management.

Topics & Keywords

Banana Cultivation and Research Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Responsible consumption and production

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS Pathogens

Volume 11, Issue 11, pp. e1005197-e1005197

DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005197

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