Major economic diseases of cassava, plantain and cooking/starchy bananas in Africa

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Hahn, S.K

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ArticleLanguage: English Description: p. 106-112Subject(s): LOC classification:

37009

In: In: International Symposium on Tropical Agriculture Research (22,1988, Kyoto, Japan). Crop losses due to disease outbreaks in the tropics and countermeasures: ProceedingsSummary: La yuca, el platano y el banano para coccion/almidon son alimentos basicos para mas de 300 millones de personas en Africa Subsaharica. Africa produce 44.3 y 68.5 de la produccion mundial total de yuca y platano/banano para coccion, resp. Las principales enfermedades de la yuca son CAMV, CBB y antracnosis. Otras enfermedades son la mancha foliar por Cercospora y la pudricion radical causada por diversos hongos y bacterias. La investigacion en IITA a lo largo de los anos se ha centrado en el mejoramiento de la yuca y ha producido muchas var. resistentes a enfermedades y de alto rendimiento, adaptables a diversas zonas ecologicas. (RA (extracto)-CIAT)Summary: Cassava, plantain and cooking/starchy bananas are major staple food for more than 300 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. Africa produces 44.3 and 68.5 of the world's total output of cassava and plantain/cooking bananas, respectively. Major diseases of cassava are the African cassava mosaic virus, the cassava bacterial blight and the cassava anthracnose disease. Others include the Cercospora leaf spots and root and tuber rots caused by various fungi and bacteria. Research over the years at IITA has focused on the improvement of cassava through breeding and has produced many varieties that are adaptable to various ecological zones, disease resistant and high-yielding. (AS (extract))

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La yuca, el platano y el banano para coccion/almidon son alimentos basicos para mas de 300 millones de personas en Africa Subsaharica. Africa produce 44.3 y 68.5 de la produccion mundial total de yuca y platano/banano para coccion, resp. Las principales enfermedades de la yuca son CAMV, CBB y antracnosis. Otras enfermedades son la mancha foliar por Cercospora y la pudricion radical causada por diversos hongos y bacterias. La investigacion en IITA a lo largo de los anos se ha centrado en el mejoramiento de la yuca y ha producido muchas var. resistentes a enfermedades y de alto rendimiento, adaptables a diversas zonas ecologicas. (RA (extracto)-CIAT) spa

Cassava, plantain and cooking/starchy bananas are major staple food for more than 300 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. Africa produces 44.3 and 68.5 of the world's total output of cassava and plantain/cooking bananas, respectively. Major diseases of cassava are the African cassava mosaic virus, the cassava bacterial blight and the cassava anthracnose disease. Others include the Cercospora leaf spots and root and tuber rots caused by various fungi and bacteria. Research over the years at IITA has focused on the improvement of cassava through breeding and has produced many varieties that are adaptable to various ecological zones, disease resistant and high-yielding. (AS (extract)) eng