{"id":12957,"date":"2026-06-20T12:25:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/banana-wilt-research-by-iita-partners-in-international-plant-disease-journal\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:25:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:25:55","slug":"banana-wilt-research-by-iita-partners-in-international-plant-disease-journal","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/banana-wilt-research-by-iita-partners-in-international-plant-disease-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Recherche sur le fl\u00e9trissement du bananier par l'IITA et ses partenaires dans l'International Plant Disease Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ibadan, Nigeria &#8211; Research work by IITA  and partners on the banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) disease has been featured in the latest, <a href=\"http:\/\/apsjournals.apsnet.org\/toc\/pdis\/93\/5?cookieSet=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 2009 (Volume No. 93), issue of Plant Disease<\/a>, an international peer-reviewed journal of Applied Plant Pathology produced by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apsnet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Phytopathological Society (APS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entitled &#8220;Xanthomonas Wilt: A threat to banana production in East  and Central Africa&#8221;, the colorfully-illustrated  and image-filled article comprehensively describes the current state of BXW research  and methods of control, focusing on the practical aspects of its diagnosis  and treatment. Specifically, the feature covered the disease&#8217;s economic  and social impact, causal organism, symptoms, diagnosis, epidemiology, susceptibility of commonly-grown cultivars,  and control  and management strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The article was collaboratively written by Leena Tripathi, Maina Mwangi, Steffen Abele  and Ranajit B andyopadhyay of IITA,  and Valentine Aritua  and Wilberforce Kateera Tushemereirwe of the National Agricultural Research Laboratories, Kaw anda, Kampala, Ug anda. The online  and downloadable (PDF) version of the feature could be accessed from the <a href=\"http:\/\/apsjournals.apsnet.org\/toc\/pdis\/93\/5?cookieSet=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plant Disease Journal section<\/a> de <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apsnet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APS<\/a> website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tripathi, corresponding author, says that &#8220;the article is an important step in promoting collaborative work on BXW \u2013 a crop disease that is threatening the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers in the Great Lakes region of East  and Central Africa. The feature presents detailed review of what we  and our partners have done so far in describing the disease  and developing control strategies against it. The article raises awareness about the disease with the hope of getting more support for anti-BXW work  and, in the long-run, help mitigate its impact on affected farmers  and their households&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plant Disease is the leading international journal for rapid reporting of research on new diseases, epidemics,  and methods of disease control. It covers basic  and applied research, which focuses on practical aspects of disease diagnosis  and treatment. Feature articles summarize current information on specific diseases. It is ranked in the top 10 journals for impact on research  and teaching efforts in the crop sciences according to Literature of Crop Science, a project published by Cornell University press. Plant Disease is published by APS, an international scientific organization that promotes the study of plant diseases  and their control through publications, meetings, symposia, workshops,  and its network APSnet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pour plus d'informations, veuillez contacter :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Leena Tripathi, <a>l.tripathi@cgiar.org<\/a><br>Biotechnologist<br>IITA-Ug anda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Steffen Abele, <a>s.abele@cgiar.org<\/a><br>Director<br>IITA-Tanzanie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Ranajit B andyopadhyay, <a>r.b andyopadhyay@cgiar.org<\/a><br>Phytopathologiste<br>IITA-Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeffrey T. Oliver, <a>o.jeffrey@cgar.org<\/a><br>Charg\u00e9 de communication d'entreprise (international)<br>Bureau de la communication<br>Si\u00e8ge de l'IITA<br>Ibadan, Nig\u00e9ria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Site connexe :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Banana  and Plantain Systems program overview<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other IITA projects on banana  and plantain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bacterial Wilt Resistance Programme in East African highl and Bananas (Phase II)<br>Banana tissue culture<br>Improving Rural Livelihood in Southern Africa &#8211; CGIAR Consortium<br>IPM CRSP &#8211; The International Plant Diagnostic Network (IPDN)<br>Programme de relance de la recherche agricole et forestiere en RDC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>\u00c0 propos de l'IITA<\/b><br>Africa has complex problems that plague agriculture  and people&#8217;s lives. We develop agricultural solutions with our partners to tackle hunger  and poverty. Our award winning research for development (R4D) is based on focused, authoritative thinking anchored on the development needs of sub-Saharan Africa. We work with partners in Africa  and beyond to reduce producer  and consumer risks, enhance crop quality  and productivity,  and generate wealth from agriculture. IITA is an international non-profit R4D organization established in1967, governed by a Board of Trustees,  and supported primarily by the CGIAR.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ibadan, Nigeria &#8211; Research work by IITA and partners on the banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) disease has been featured in the latest, May 2009 (Volume No. 93), issue of Plant Disease, an international peer-reviewed journal of Applied Plant Pathology produced by the American Phytopathological Society (APS)&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":12958,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[65],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[187],"class_list":["post-12957","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nigeria","crop-banana","item-year-187"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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