Articles - Banana

Pesticides

Tropical race 4 - threat to global banana farming

By Luiz AJ Teixeira (Agronomic Institute), Miguel Dita (Bioversity International, Colombia), Thayne Munhoz (Embrapa Meio Ambiente), Jorge Vargas (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia), Charles Staver (Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico)

18.07.2024 | 14:40 (UTC -3)

Banana

Damage caused by banana moth and management methods

The banana moth, in addition to direct damage to banana producers, ends up creating phytosanitary barriers to exports to countries like Argentina

11.01.2018 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Banana

Underground damage: damage caused by the borer Cosmopolites sordidus in banana

The most important banana pest, the borer Cosmopolites sordidus, attacks the underground part of the plant and causes serious damage.

20.04.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Fertilizers

Fertigation management to increase banana productivity

Quite demanding in its demand for water and nutrients, the banana tree finds fertigation an important tool to guarantee good results.

07.03.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Fruits

How to combat heat stress in banana cultivation?

By Flávio Irokawa, Market Development Manager at FMC

15.08.2018 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Banana

Panama Disease - End of the banana plantation?

By Zilton José Maciel Cordeiro and Aristoteles Pires de Matos, Embrapa Cassava and Fruit Growing

10.11.2015 | 21:59 (UTC -3)