International Banana Symposium: Banana Improvement, Health Management, Use Diversification and Adaptation to Climate Change
Presentations
SESSION 1: Climate Change, Impact and Mitigation Systems
Banana growers facing climate change in Asia and the Pacific: Planning adaptation to uncertainty, weather variability and extreme events … G Calberto, C Staver, J van Etten and AB Molina
Advances and challenges of banana production systems towards sustainability of production and mitigating effects of climate change … S Lindsay, T Pattison and N King
Assessment of possible climate change (temperature) effects on AAA EAH beer bananas … D Karamura, W Ocimati and E Karamura
Assessment of growth, physiology and water use efficiency of wild and edible Musa balbisiana germplasm under drought condition … E Delfin, ETM Ocampo, FM dela Cueva, OP Damasco, LE Herradura, E G Dinglasan, LS Gueco, F S dela Cruz and AB Molina
Computational prediction, identification and expression profiling of microRNA against drought stress in banana … M Muthusamy, S Backiyarani, MS Saraswathi and S Uma
SESSION 2: Breeding, Conservation and Molecular Techniques
Agricultural resilience in the context of climate change: Widening the genetic basis of cultivated Musa to manage uncertainty … J Sardos, I Van den Houwe, I Van den Bergh, X Perrier and N Roux
Banana and plantain breeding – A review of problems, prospects and new initiatives … S Uma
Appropriate use of banana ICM production methods as a way for safe conservation and exploitation of Musa genetic resources … JP Busogoro, J Nzungize, JMV Nkunduwimye, E Dukuze, R Somers, J Thomas and D Ndamugoba
Quantitative proteomic analysis demonstrates antioxidation mechanisms contributing to cold tolerance in plantain (Musa paradisiaca L.; ABB Group) seedlings … QS Yang, JH Wu, CY Li, YR Wei, O Sheng, CH Hu, RB Kuang, YH Huang, XX Peng, JA McCardle, W Chen, Y Yang, JKC Rose, S Zhang and GJ Yi
Exploitation of the banana genome: A biologist’s viewpoint … MW Davey
DNA fingerprinting of popular Indian varieties using SSR and ISSR markers … MS Saraswathi, S Uma, K Brindha, K Udhayanjali, K Suresh babu, E Punniyakotti, P Durai and S Backiyarani
Species of banana streak virus (BSV) in the Philippines and its activation by tissue culture processes and gamma radiation … FM Dela Cueva, MAO Balendres, JS Consignado and OP Damasco
Identification and development of molecular marker specific to Eumusae leaf spot disease caused by Mycosphaerella eumusae … R Thangavelu, P Ganga Devi and MM Mustaffa
SESSION 3: In Vitro Technology/Tissue-Culture Management
The development and impact of in vitro induction in organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis of bananas … CJ Ping, IC Huang, CC Lu, MC Chung, PL Huang and CT Shii
Banana viruses and indexing techniques for health management … HJ Su and HH Yeh
A novel technique for mass indexing of tissue cultured banana plants for banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) … WART Wickramaarachchi, KT Rangaswamy and KS Shankarappa
Rapid mass micropropagation of Musa acuminata cv Berangan (AAA): From lab to field … N Husin, RY Othman and N Khalid
Improvement and application of banana micropropagation in Taiwan … SW Lee, MJ Huang, CY Chen and SY Lee
Effects of TDZ on morphological and biochemical changes of banana plantlets (Musa spp.) cultivar mass cultured in temporary immersion bioreactor system … M Razani, NA Shaharuddin, S Subramaniam and M Mahmood
Key banana pest and disease challenges and their mitigation in Africa … E Karamura, W Ocimati, W Tinzaara, D Karamura, G Blomme and C Staver
Bananas in Latin American and the Caribbean: Major pest and disease challenges and perspectives for sustainable management … M Dita, LP Vicente, M Guzmán, M Orozco and LL de Bellaire
Farmers’ knowledge of banana crop management as related to the control of banana diseases in Burundi … C Niyongere, P Ndayihazamaso, N Niko, S Bizimana, A Nibasumba, P Lepoint, S Kaboneka, E Sakayoya, W Jogo, W Tinzaara and E Karamura
Fine-tuning Xanthomonas Wilt control options over the past decade in East and Central Africa … G Blomme, W Ocimati, J Ntamwira, C Sivirihauma, P Lepoint, W Tinzaara and E Karamura
The study of Pisang Barangan resistance to banana blood disease bacterium (Ralstonia solanacearum Phylotype IV) by use of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi indigenous … F Suswati, N Nasir and Azwana
SESSION 4: Soil and Plant Health
Understanding of plant-soil health in IPM/ICM for sustainable banana production … A Pattison, T Kukulies, W O’Neill and AB Molina
Potential of multipurpose intercrops for the management of Radopholus similis, Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi and Rhizobacteria in banana-based cropping systems … D De Waele, LVan der Veken and A Elsen
Status of distribution, damage and mitigation of banana wilt in Malaysia … TM Tengku Ab. Malik, MN Roff, L Rozeita and T Maimun
Suppressing Fusarium Wilt of bananas with ground covers … T Kukulies, A Pattison, W O’Neill and AB Molina
Increased soil suppressiveness to banana Fusarium Wilt disease through banana intercropping with Allium spp. … A Wibowo, AR Alboneh, S Subandiyah, A Pattison and AB Molina
Isolation and evaluation of biocontrol agents from Phylloplane and soil Rhizosphere of banana plants for suppressing the growth of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense … L Rozeita, MN Mohamad Roff, and TM Tengku Ab Malik
Cultivation management on organic banana production at TBRI farm … SC Chiang, CM Chang, HP Chen and MJ Chen
Influence of long-term organic farming on banana plantation soil: From microbial aspect … YM Chou, FT Shen, SC Chiang, CM Chang, MJ Chen and CC Young
The effect of cropping systems in the management of Fusarium Wilt to increase the livelihoods of smallholder banana farmers … C Hermanto, Edison Hs., E Rokayah, R Amril, D Emilda, D Sunarwati, VGO Sinohin and AB Molina
Field evaluation of pseudostem injected Vydate L against banana nematode under tropical lowland conditions in Mindanao, Philippines … L Trueggelmann, MC Obello, LM Bacus, DKB Alovera, JB Simbajon and CS Caharian
SESSION 5: Banana Pests and Diseases/Fusarium Wilt
Non-conventional banana breeding through somaclonal variation selection in Taiwan … SC Hwang
Status of occurrence and disease management approaches and R&D on Fusarium Wilt in Asia-Pacific … AB Molina, CP Chao, C Hermanto, TM Tengku Ab Malik, R Williams and GJ Yi
Integrated disease management of Fusarium Wilt in Taiwan … CP Chao, SY Lee, CY Chen, SK Tzeng, CC Su and SC Hwang
Integrated disease management of Fusarium Wilt in China … GJ Yi
Status of occurrence and disease management approaches and R&D on Fusarium Wilt in India … R Thangavelu
Characteristics and applications of plant Endophytic bacterium, Burkholderia cenocepacia 869T2 on biocontrol of Fusarium Wilt in planta … YN Ho, HM Chiang, HF Hsu, JL Hsieh and CC Huang
Early diagnostic of fusarium wilt of banana: Recent advances and its implication for disease management …MA Dita, C Waalwijk, A Daly, PFL Chang, BM Corcolon and GHJ Kema
An efficient and reliable molecular method for detection of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 4 using real-time PCR … YH Lin, CC Su, CP Chao, JWHuang and PFL Chang
Deep sequencing-based banana root transcriptome profiling analysis of the resistant mutant to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 and its wild-type … CY Li, GM Deng, J Yang, A Viljoen, Y Jin, RB Kuang, CW Zuo, ZC Lu, QS Yang, O Sheng, YR Wei, CH Hu, T Dong and GJ Yi
Ultrastructure alteration of banana cultivars with different resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense … RB Kuang, CY Li, YR Wei, O Sheng, QS Yang, CH Hu and GJ Yi
SESSION 6: Banana Markets and Uses
Banana production, consumption and trade in Asia … L Trueggelmann
The banana industry: Finding opportunities, overcoming challenges … B Liu
Consumers’ perception and purchase decision towards organic banana— Empirical analysis based on multiple-group analysis of structural equation model … C Xinjian, D Tao and GJ Yi
Development of a new banana processing product: Banana starch as a health food from Cavendish banana in Taiwan … TC Huang, YT Fu and HC Chen
