Chapter 1 - Understanding the banana industry: monoculture and beyond: Dan Koeppel, Independent Journalist and Researcher, USA; 1 Introduction 2 Banana varieties and the Cavendish monoculture 3 The development of a banana monoculture 4 The dynamics of the banana monoculture 5 Post-war developments: business as usual? 6 The Cavendish era 7 Cavendish in crisis and a new paradigm 8 The hunt for new varieties 9 Future trends and conclusion 10 Where to look for further information Chapter taken from: Kema, G. H. J. and Drenth A. (ed.), Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas Volume 1: Cultivation techniques, pp. 21-32, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2018, (ISBN: 978 1 78676 156 9) Chapter 2 - Fusarium wilt of banana: impact, epidemiology and management of Fusarium wilt Race 1 and 2 [Ed. 4]: Einar Martínez de la Parte, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands and Instituto de Investigaciones de Sanidad Vegetal (INISAV), Cuba; and Luis Pérez-Vicente, Instituto de Investigaciones de Sanidad Vegetal (INISAV), Cuba; 1 Introduction 2 Disease symptoms 3 Pathogen characteristics 4 Disease cycle and epidemiology 5 Disease occurrence and impact 6 Disease resistance: cultivar susceptibility and host resistance 7 Management of the disease 8 Conclusion and future trends 9 Where to look for further information 10 References Chapter taken from: Drenth A.
and Kema, G. H. J. (ed.), Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas Volume 3: Diseases and pests, pp. 85-112, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2024, (ISBN: 978 1 78676 981 7) Chapter 3 - The past, present and future of Fusarium wilt of banana caused by Tropical Race 4 [Ed. 5]: Fernando García-Bastidas, KeyGene B.V.
, The Netherlands; André Drenth, The University of Queensland, Australia; and Gert H. J. Kema, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; 1 Introduction 2 Past: origins, spread and biology 3 Present: detection, epidemiology and control 4 Future: preventative/curative disease control and breeding 5 Conclusion 6 Where to look for further information 7 Acknowledgements 8 References Chapter taken from: Drenth A. and Kema, G. H. J. (ed.), Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas Volume 3: Diseases and pests, pp.
113-144, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2024, (ISBN: 978 1 78676 981 7) Chapter 4 - Targeted improvement of Cavendish clones: Eli Khayat, Rahan Meristem (1998) LTD., Israel; 1 Introduction 2 Genetic background of bananas and plantains 3 In vitro mutagenesis: somaclonal variation 4 Conclusion and future trends 5 References Chapter taken from: Kema, G. H. J. and Drenth A. (ed.), Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas Volume 2: Germplasm and genetic improvement, pp. 307-321, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2021, (ISBN: 978 1 78676 344 0) Chapter 5 - Developing hybrid banana varieties with improved properties: Edson Perito Amorim, Vanusia Batista de Oliveira Amorim, Manassés dos Santos Silva, Fernando Haddad, Claudia Fortes Ferreira and Janay Almeida dos Santos Serejo, Embrapa, Brazil; 1 Introduction 2 Released hybrids 3 Seeds as the basis of the genetic improvement program of Embrapa 4 Improved diploids and their importance in the improvement of Musa spp.
5 Phenotyping for resistance to Fusarium wilt race 1 6 The Embrapa breeding cycle 7 Alternatives to breeding based on crosses 8 Future trends and conclusion 9 References Chapter taken from: Kema, G. H. J. and Drenth A. (ed.), Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas Volume 2: Germplasm and genetic improvement, pp. 232-337, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2021, (ISBN: 978 1 78676 344 0).