Diminishing Farm Diversity of East African Highland Bananas in Banana Bunchy Top Disease Outbreak Areas of Burundi—The Effect of Both Disease and Control Approaches

Diminishing Farm Diversity of East African Highland Bananas in Banana Bunchy Top Disease Outbreak Areas of Burundi—The Effect of Both Disease and Control Approaches

Disease-driven selection favours evasive, tolerant, and resistant cultivars, changing cultivar diversity significantly. Since its outbreak in Burundi in the late 1980s, Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD) has now spread to 5 out of 18 provinces across the country, principally through informal seed exch...

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Main Authors: Alice Simbare, Cheikh Amet Bassirou Sane, Innocent Nduwimana, Celestin Niyongere, Bonaventure Aman Omondi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
vegetative propagated crops
banana bunchy top disease
banana diversity
planting material
seed systems
Burundi
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/18/7467

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