Viral Diseases of Banana and Their Management
Banana (Musa spp.) is one of the most important staple food crops which provide nutrition and income for the millions of farmers worldwide, especially in tropical regions. Asia being the major continent for banana production contributes more than half of
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Savarni Tripathi, Basavaprabhu L. Patil, and Raj Verma
Abstract
Banana (Musa spp.) is one of the most important staple food crops which provide nutrition and income for the millions of farmers worldwide, especially in tropical regions. Asia being the major continent for banana production contributes more than half of the world banana production (101.9 million tonnes). Banana is vegetatively propagated using suckers or through tissue culture plants which grow, mature and fruit without seasonality throughout the year. Viral diseases are considered a major concern for banana production because of their effects on yield and quality as well as limitations to germplasm multiplication and the international germplasm exchange. There are many (about 20) different viruses reported to infect banana worldwide. However, the economically most important viruses are: Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), Banana streak viruses (BSV), Banana bract mosaic virus (BBrMV) and Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). Among these, BBTV and BSV are major threats for banana production. Of the two, BSV exist as episomal and endogenous forms and more widely spread worldwide than BBTV, though later is so far most economically damaging virus contributing to a yield reduction of up to 100 %. Due to lack of durable virus resistance in the Musa spp., measures such as phytosanitation, use of virus free planting material, strict regulation on movement of infected planting materials are effective means to control viral diseases in banana. Studies of several decades on the biology, epidemiology,
S. Tripathi (*) • R. Verma ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Regional Station, 125 ITI Road, Aundh, Pune, MH 411007, India e-mail: [email protected] B.L. Patil ICAR-National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, LBS Centre, IARI Campus, Pusa, Delhi 110012, India © Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016 R.K. Gaur et al. (eds.), Plant Viruses: Evolution and Management, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-1406-2_17
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survival, spread, sequence integration into the host genome of banana viruses and their integrated management strategies are summarized in this review. Keywords
Banana bunchy top virus • Banana streak viruses • Banana bract mosaic virus, Cucumber mosaic virus • Musa Spp.
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Introduction
Banana, a large herbaceous plant belonging to the genus Musa of family Musaceae, is among the world’s most important staple food crops. Banana is cultivated in over 130 countries and is the major source of carbohydrate and income for millions of farmers in tropical regions of the world. In 2012, total banana production was 101.9 million tonnes from 4.9 million hectares. Asia being the major continent for banana contributes more than half of the world banana production. The total export value of banana was estimated to be US$ 894.6 million in 2011 (FAOSTAT 2015). Most of the cultivated varieties of banana are sterile, parthenocarpic triploids, and derived from the two seedy species, Musa acuminata and M. balbisiana, contributing
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