I International Symposium on Banana: I International Conference on Banana and Plantain for Africa

OPENING BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

ADDRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE (IITA)

ADDRESS OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL INDUSTRY AND FISHERIES OF UGANDA

ADDRESS OF THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (NARO) OF UGANDA

MARKET DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION POTENTIAL FOR BANANA AND PLANTAIN

GEOGRAPHIC SHIFTS IN HIGHLAND BANANA PRODUCTION IN UGANDA

THE ROLE OF EXTENSION SERVICES FOR THE SUCCESSFUL INTRODUCTION OF NEW MUSA CULTIVARS IN SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA

STATUS AND CONSTRAINTS OF MUSA SPP. PRODUCTION IN A SUB-HUMID ZONE OF NIGERIA

DIVERSITY IN THE GENUS MUSA: ITS SIGNIFICANCE AND ITS POTENTIAL

MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES OF SUPPOSEDLY DUPLICATE ACCESSIONS OF EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND BANANAS IN GERMPLASM COLLECTIONS IN UGANDA

BANANA CULTIVARS IN A HIGHLAND UGANDAN VILLAGE: SOME EFFECTS OF FARMER SELECTION ON DIFFUSION OF CULTIVARS AND GENETIC DIVERSITY, 1937-1994

EVALUATION OF LOCAL BANANA AND PLANTAIN CULTIVARS FOR YIELD POTENTIAL IN MALAWI

CHARACTERIZATION OF BANANA AND PLANTAIN USING RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA MARKERS

AGRONOMIC EVALUATION OF PLANTAINS AND OTHER TRIPLOID BANANA

TAXONOMIC VALUE OF CALCIUM OXALATE CRYSTALS IN MUSA GERMPLASM

BREEDING BANANAS AND PLANTAINS: FROM INTRACTABILITY TO FEASIBILITY

UNDERSTANDING THE MUSA GENOME: AN UPDATE

A TRIPLOID PARENTAL LINE FOR BREEDING DISEASE-RESISTANT COOKING BANANAS FOR EAST AFRICA

PLANTAIN BREEDING AT CRBP : STRATEGIES, RESULTS AND OUTLOOK

UTILIZATION OF MOLECULAR GENETIC TECHNIQUES IN SUPPORT OF PLANTAIN AND BANANA IMPROVEMENT

APPLICABILITY OF AN AGROBACTERIUM-BASED SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF MUSA SPECIES WITH DIVERSE GENOMIC CONSTITUTION AND PLOIDY LEVEL

PRODUCTION OF TRANSGENIC BANANA AND PLANTAIN

NON-CONVENTIONAL BREEDING APPROACHES FOR BANANA AND PLANTAIN IMPROVEMENT AGAINST FUNGAL DISEASES AT AECI

EVALUATION OF MUSA SPP FOR SUSCEPTIBILITY TO NEMATODES AND STUDY OF RESISTANCE MECHANISMS

EVALUATION OF HOST PLANT RESPONSE TO NEMATODES IN MUSA GERMPLASM IN UGANDA

EVALUATION OF BANANA CULTIVARS FOR RESISTANCE TO THE BANANA WEEVIL COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS AND NEMATODE COMPLEX IN WESTERN KENYA

PERFORMANCE OF BANANA CULTIVARS IN SOUTH WESTERN KENYA

BANANA PRODUCTIVITY-THE IMPACT OF AGRONOMIC PRACTICES

PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF ROOT SYSTEMS MORPHOLOGY IN MUSA

THE TIMING OF FIRST RATOON SUCKER SELECTION USING TISSUE CULTURE BANANA PLANTS

SECTORAL AND CONVENTIONAL SUCKER SELECTION TECHNIQUE USING TISSUE CULTURE BANANA PLANTS

EFFECT OF MALE BUD REMOVAL ON THE YIELD OF MUSA GENOTYPES IN A HUMID FOREST ZONE OF WEST AFRICA

SOIL MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR BANANA PRODUCTION ON THE HEAVY SOILS AROUND LAKE VICTORIA IN UGANDA

EFFECT OF ORGANIC MULCHES ON GROWTH, YIELD COMPONENTS AND YIELD OF EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND BANANAS

VARIATION IN SOIL NUTRIENT LEVELS UNDER MULTI-SPECIES HEDGEROW CROPPING WITH PLANTAIN

DISEASES AND OTHER BANANA HEALTH PROBLEMS IN TROPICAL AFRICA

DISTRIBUTION OF SIGATOKA LEAF SPOTS IN UGANDA AS DETERMINED BY SPECIES-SPECIFIC POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR)

RESPONSE OF EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND BANANAS TO BLACK SIGATOKA AND CLADOSPORIUM LEAF SPECKLE UNDER TROPICAL HUMID FOREST LOWLAND CONDITIONS IN WEST AFRICA

EFFECTS OF THE LEAF SPOT COMPLEX AND LEAF PRUNING ON GROWTH AND YIELD IN HIGHLAND BANANAS: RESULTS OF THE FIRST RATOON CROP

FUSARIUM WILT OF BANANA IN UGANDA, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON WILT-LIKE SYMPTOMS OBSERVED ON EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND COOKING CULTIVARS (MUSA SPP., AAA)

VIRUS DISEASES OF MUSA IN AFRICA: EPIDEMIOLOGY, DETECTION AND CONTROL

SYMPTOMATOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT OF BANANA STREAK, A DISEASE CAUSED BY BANANA STREAK BADNAVIRUS, UNDER NATURAL CONDITIONS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA

DEVELOPMENT OF A SEROLOGICAL ASSAY FOR DETECTING SEROLOGICALLY DIVERSE BANANA STREAK VIRUS ISOLATES

NEMATODES OF BANANAS AND PLANTAINS IN AFRICA: RESEARCH TRENDS AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES RELATING TO THE SMALL-SCALE FARMER

IMPROVED PLANT HEALTH THROUGH BIOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENT OF BANANA PLANTING MATERIAL WITH MUTUALISTIC ENDOPHYTES

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE LESION NEMATODE, PRATYLENCHUS GOODEYI, IN STOOLS OF EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND BANANA

STUDIES ON HOST RANGE OF THE BANANA LESION NEMATODE, PRATYLENCHUS GOODEYI

STUDIES ON THE LONGEVITY OF PRATYLENCHUS GOODEYI IN BANANA-BASED CROPPING SYSTEMS

THE BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE BANANA NEMATODES RADOPHOLUS SIMILIS AND PRATYLENCHUS GOODEYI

THE INFLUENCE OF OXIHUMATE ON NEMATODE CONTROL AND ON YIELD (MUSA AAA, CAVENDISH SUB-GROUP)

YIELD LOSS FROM PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES IN EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND BANANA (MUSA SPP. AAA)

RATE OF NEMATODE INFESTATION OF CLEAN BANANA PLANTING MATERIAL (MUSA SPP. AAA) IN UGANDA

THE ELUSIVE BANANA WEEVIL COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS GERMAR

BANANA WEEVIL, COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS (GERMAR), OVIPOSITIONAL PREFERENCES, TIMING OF ATTACK AND LARVAL SURVIVORSHIP IN A MIXED CULTIVAR TRIAL IN UGANDA

UNE METHODE POUR LA DETECTION RAPIDE DE LA SENSIBILITE DES BANANIERS AU CHARANÇON, COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS GERM. (COLÉOPTÈRE, CURCULIONIDAE): APPLICATION À LA RECHERCHE DE L'EFFICACITÉ DES INSECTICIDES

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SOIL FERTILITY, BANANA WEEVIL AND NEMATODES IN THE EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND COOKING BANANA IN NTUNGAMO, SOUTH WESTERN UGANDA

RECENT ADVANCES IN POSTHARVEST TECHNOLOGIES OF BANANA AND PLANTAIN IN AFRICA

REGULATION OF BANANA RIPENING BY GASEOUS BLOCKERS OF ETHYLENE RECEPTOR

A REVIEW OF THE POSTHARVEST RESEARCH ISSUES FOR COOKING BANANA AND PLANTAIN WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO GHANA, NIGERIA, UGANDA AND TANZANIA

STATISTICAL TOOLS TO EVALUATE SENSORY DATA FOR TESTING FRUIT QUALITY OF MUSA

QUALITY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF THE NEW BANANA CULTIVAR FHIA 3 COMPARED TO INDIGENOUS UGANDA CULTIVARS FOR MATOOKE PREPARATION

TRADITIONAL PRODUCTION METHOD AND STORAGE CHARACTERISTICS FOR BANANA BEER (TONTO) IN UGANDA

DEVELOPMENT AND SENSORY EVALUATION OF SOYAMUSA: A SOYBEAN-PLANTAIN BABY FOOD

SHELF-LIFE OF SOYAMUSA: A PLANTAIN BASED BABY WEANING FOOD IN NIGERIA