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ProMusa is a platform for sharing news and knowledge on bananas. The Musa in ProMusa is not the Latin word for muse, but the scientific name of the banana. But it would be fair to say that the banana is our muse.

InfoMus@ – News and blogs

Pesticides out, biodiversity in

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Anne Vézina Monday, 21 May 2018

Cover crop Agroecology

Biodiversity returns to the banana fields of Guadeloupe and Martinique as growers adopt agroecological approaches.

Incomplete systemicity: a helping hand in the fight against Xanthomonas wilt of banana

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Guy Blomme Friday, 23 February 2018

Xanthomonas

Controlling Xanthomonas wilt of banana, better known as BXW, is made easier by the unexpected behaviour of its causal agent.

InfoMus@ – Mediawatch

InfoMus@ – Announcements

Musapedia – Compendium of knowledge on banana

Musalit – Recent literature

Panama disease and contract farming in the Philippines: Towards a political ecology of risk

Progress in understanding Pseudocercospora banana pathogens and the development of resistant Musa germplasm

Xanthomonas Wilt of Banana (BXW) in Central Africa: Opportunities, challenges, and pathways for citizen science and ICT-based control and prevention strategies

2018 ISHS-ProMusa symposium
Growing and Marketing Banana under
Subtropical Conditions
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