7/2/2017 Updates on recognition and management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) in East Africa shared. Presenter : Dr. Alliy Saidi Mbwana is a Veteran Principal Agricultural Research Officer who worked with the Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries on bananas for over 36 years initially as a...
19/2/1998 Dr. Phil Rowe, with the Honduran Foundation for Agricultural Research (FHIA), has developed two robust hybrid bananas that are resistant to Black Sigatoka. These new hybrids are also resistant to Panama disease and tolerant of nematodes.
20/9/2000 The control of powdery mildew (Sphaerotheca fuliginia) does not necessarily require the use of expensive fungicides. Fresh cow milk is effective against powdery mildew on zucchini squash.
20/1/2004 Un equipo internacional de científicos que trabajan con miles de pequeños productores en China demostró un método simple para incrementar el rendimiento de dos variedades de arroz (Oryza sativa) y reducir la incidencia de una enfermedad llamada tizón del arroz.
20/10/2006 Food security in Burundi is under threat due to fears that an incurable banana disease, which has already been reported in several neighboring countries, could sweep across the nation.
20/10/2006 A new strain or strains of wheat stem rust are especially dangerous, because many wheat cultivars in major wheat producing countries show little or no resistance. The spores of the fungus are well adapted for long distance travel on high-altitude wind currents.
28/10/2014 The Great Lakes region is a major production area of banana (Musa ssp.), with higher per capita consumption levels than anywhere else in the world, The region is home to the East African highland bananas (EAHB), which are an important food and cash crop for more than 30 million people in the...
18/7/2018 “Save the Guacamole!” (Salvemos el guacamole) es el grito de batalla de unacampaña en la Floridapara luchar contra la enfermedad fúngica que está matando los árboles de aguacate (Persea americana) en la Florida. La enfermedad de marchitez del laurel es causada por el hongo Raffaelea lauricola y...
The NPDN was established in 2002 in response to the need to enhance agricultural security through protecting health and productivity of plants in agricultural and natural ecosystems in the U.S. With support from the USDA-NIFA and through the collective efforts of many individuals representing...