Bananas are the world's most popular fruit and the fourth most important crop in the developing world after rice, wheat and maize. The volume reviews current production around the world and how developments in cultivation practice can be used to improve yields sustainably.

Author: Gert Kema
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd
Published: 10/05/2018
Series: Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science #40
Pages: 380
Weight: 1.49lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9781786761569

About the Author
Drenth, André: -

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.

Galán Saúco, Victor: -

Dr Víctor Galán Saúco is Research Professor (Emeritus) at the Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias (ICIA), Spain where he was Head of Research from 1980 to 2006. Prof. Galán Saúco is widely regarded as one of the world's leading experts on mangoes.

Kema, Gert H. J.: -

Dr Gert Kema is Professor of Tropical Plant Pathology at the Laboratory for Phytopathology of 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 cofounder of several spin-off companies focusing on banana improvement, disease management and bioprocessing.