Welcome to the tenth episode of Season Two of Agriculture 2050, where we're joined by two of the world's most renowned plant pathologists: Professor André Drenth (University of Queensland, Australia) and Dr Gert Kema (Wageningen University, the Netherlands). In this week's episode, André and Gert discuss the vulnerability of bananas to emerging and existing disease threats, the genetic makeup of the modern banana, as well as the over-reliance on a tiny fraction of the genus Musa and its impact on global banana production.

Useful Links

• Book: Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas – Volume 2: Germplasm and genetic improvement – https://shop.bdspublishing.com/store/bds/detail/workgroup/3-190-89130
• Book: Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas – Volume 3: Diseases and pests – https://shop.bdspublishing.com/store/bds/detail/workgroup/3-190-109529
• National Banana Corporation (CORBANA) – https://www.corbana.co.cr/
• Listen to previous episodes – https://shows.acast.com/agriculture2050/episodes

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