Technology, Engineering & Agriculture
Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas Volume 1
Cultivation techniques
by Dr Gert H. J. Kema, Prof. André Drenth, Dr Hugo Volkaert, Mr Dan Koeppel, Dr W. K. Tushemereirwe, Dr J. Kubiriba, Dr William Tinzaara, Dietmar Stoian, Walter Ocimati, Enoch Kikulwe, Gloria Otieno, Dr Guy Blomme, Prof D. W. Turner, D. J. Gibbs, Dr Sharon D. Hamill, Dr Mike Smith, Dr Charles Staver, Dr Victor Galán Saúco, Dr Jetse J. Stoorvogel, Dr Rafael A. Segura, Mr Juan José Aycart, Mr Frits Popma, Dr Louis Bockel, Laure-Sophie Schiettecatte, Dr Orane Debrune, Dr Sietze Vellema, Dr Kees Jansen, Dr Frans Wielemaker
Description
This volume reviews key recent research on improving banana cultivation. Part 1 reviews current challenges in banana production. Part 2 surveys ways of improving cultivation practice across the value chain, from propagation to harvesting, packaging and ripening. The final part of the book assesses ways of measuring and improving the environmental impact of banana cultivation.
Highlights of the book include: the latest research on banana domestication and genetic diversity; new research on the limitations of current good agricultural practices and how areas such as soil health can be improved; and summaries of best practice in neglected but critical areas such as harvesting and ripening operations.
Drawing on an international range of expertise, the collection will be a standard reference for the banana research community as well as banana producers.
Highlights of the book include: the latest research on banana domestication and genetic diversity; new research on the limitations of current good agricultural practices and how areas such as soil health can be improved; and summaries of best practice in neglected but critical areas such as harvesting and ripening operations.
Drawing on an international range of expertise, the collection will be a standard reference for the banana research community as well as banana producers.
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Author Biography
Dr Gert Kema is Professor of Tropical Plant Pathology and Head of the Department of Phytopathology at Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands. He leads several international banana research programs, including interdisciplinary research projects and public-private-partnerships focusing on Panama disease and black Sigatoka. He is a co-founder of several spin-off companies focusing on banana improvement, disease management and bioprocessing.; Dr André Drenth is Professor in Tropical Plant Pathology and theme leader for crop protection in the Centre for Horticultural Science at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), at the University of Queensland. He leads several projects on tropical plant diseases and he initiated and led a national Banana Plant Protection Programme set up to protect Australia’s banana industry from the impact of a range of pests and diseases.; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Dr Víctor Galán Saúco is Research Professor (Emeritus)
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Copyright year 2018
Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Burleigh Dodds Subliscience Publishing was established in 2015 by former staff at the award-winning Woodhead Publishing. Our vision is to help solve one of the world’s greatest challenges: to feed the world’s growing population. There is an urgent need for a more climate-smart agriculture able to feed a growing population whilst, at the same time, adapting to (and not exacerbating) climate change. Our goal is to build collections of research on key topics in agricultural science so that researchers can build on existing work and collaborate more effectively. We are achieving this by using ’smart-publishing’ to help achieve ’climate-smart’ agriculture.
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- Publisher Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
- Publication Date October 2018
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781786761569
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 180 GBP
- Pages378
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2018
- Dimensions229 X 152 mm
- SeriesBurleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
- Series Part40
- Reference Code9781786761569
