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Recommended Reading

Beckman, C.H. 1987. The nature of wilt disease of plants. APS Press, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, 175 pp.

Blomme, G., Ploetz, R., Jones, D., De Langhe, E., Price, N., Gold, C., Geering, A., Viljoen, A., Karamura, D., Pillay, M., Tinzaara, W., Teycheney, P.-Y., Lepoint, P., Karamura, E.  and Buddenhagen, I. 2013. A historical overview of the appearance and spread of Musa pests and pathogens on the African continent: highlighting the importance of clean Musa planting materials and quarantine measures. Annals of applied biology 162: 4-26.

Brandes, E.W. 1919. Banana wilt. Phytopathology 9: 339-389.

Dita M.A., Waalwijk C., Buddenhagen I.W., Souza Jr M.T. and Kema G.H.J. 2010. A molecular diagnostic for "tropical" race 4 of the banana Fusarium wilt pathogen. Plant Pathology 59: 348–357.

Fourie, G., Steenkamp, E.T., Ploetz, R.C., Gordon, T.R. and Viljoen, A. 2011. Current status of the taxonomic position of Fusarium oxysporum formae specialis cubense within the Fusarium oxysporum complex.  Infection, Genetics and Evolution 11: 533–542.

Hwang, S.H. and Ko, W.H. 2004. Cavendish banana cultivars resistant to Fusarium wilt acquired through somaclonal variation in Taiwan. Plant Disease 88: 580-588.

Moore, N.Y., Pegg, K.G., Bentley, S., and Smith, L.J. 1999a. Fusarium wilt of banana: Global problems and perspectives. In: Molina, A.B., Masdek, N.H.N. and Liew, K.W. (Eds), Banana Fusarium wilt management: Towards sustainable cultivation. Proceedings of the International Workshop on banana Fusarium wilt disease, Genting Highlands Resort, Malaysia, pp. 11-30.

Pegg, K.G., Moore, N.Y. and Sorenson, S., 1993. Fusarium wilt in the Asian Pacific region. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 47: 637–650.

Ploetz, R.C. 2005a. Panama Disease: An old nemesis rears its ugly head. Part 1. The Beginnings of the Banana export trades. APSnet. http://www.apsnet.org/online      /feature /panama/.

Ploetz, R.C. 2005b. Panama Disease: An old nemesis rears its ugly head. Part 2. The Cavendish Era and Beyond. APSnet. http://www.apsnet.org/online/feature /panama/.

Stover, R.H. 1962. Fusarium Wilt (Panama disease) of banana and other Musa species. Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, Surrey, UK, pp. 117.

Publications from Prof Altus Viljoen's research group:

  1. Fourie, G., Steenkamp, E.T., Gordon, T.R. & Viljoen, A.  2009.  Evolutionary relationships among the Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense vegetative compatibility groups.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75 (14): 4770-4781.
  2. Visser, M., Gordon, T., Fourie, G. & Viljoen, A.  2010.  Characterisation of South African isolates of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense from Cavendish bananas.  South African Journal of Science 106: 1-6.
  3. Belgrove, A., Steinberg, C. & Viljoen, A.  2011.  Evaluation of nonpathogenic Fusarium oxysporum and Pseudomonas fluorescens for Panama disease control.  Plant Disease 95: 951-959.
  4. Fourie, G., Steenkamp, E.T., Ploetz, R.C., Gordon, T.R. & Viljoen, A.  2011.  Current status of the taxonomic position of Fusarium oxysporum formae specialis cubense within the Fusarium oxysporum complex.  Infection, Genetics and Evolution 11: 533-542.
  5. Li, C-y., Deng, G-m., Yang, J., Viljoen, A., Jin, Y., Kuang, R-b., Zuo, C-w., Lv, Z-c., Yang, Q-s., Sheng, O., Wei, Y-r., Hu, C-h., Dong, T. & Yi, G-j.  2012.  Transcriptome profiling of resistant and susceptible Cavendish banana roots following inoculation with Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense tropical race 4.  BMC Genomics 13: 374. DOI 10.1186/1471-2164-13-374.
  6. Blomme, G., Ploetz, R., Jones, D., De Langhe, E., Price, N., Gold, C., Geering, A., Viljoen, A., Karamura, D., Pillay, M., Tinzaara, W., Teycheney, P.-Y., Lepoint, P., Karamura, E. & Buddenhagen, I.  2013.  A historical overview of the appearance and spread of Musa pests and pathogens on the African continent: highlighting the importance of clean Musa planting materials and quarantine measures.  Annals of Applied Biology 162: 4-26.
  7. Li, C.Y., Mostert, G., Zuo, C.W., Beukes, I., Yang, Q.S., Sheng, O., Kuang, R.B., Wei, Y.R., Hu, C.H., Rose, L., Karangwa, P., Yang, J., Deng, G.M., Liu, S.W., Gao, J., Viljoen, A. & Yi, G.J.  2013.  Diversity and distribution of the banana wilt pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense in China.  Fungal Genomics & Biology 3 (2): 1-6.
  8. Li, C., Zuo, C., Deng, G., Kuang, R., Yang, Q., Hu, C., Sheng, O., Zhang, S., Ma, L., Wie, Y., Yang, J., Liu, S., Biswas, M.K., Viljoen, A. & Yi, G.  2013.  Contamination of bananas with beauvericin and fusaric acid produced by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense.  Plos One 8 (7): e70226. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070226.
  9. Ssali, R.T., Kiggundu, A., Lorenzen, J., Karamura, E., Tushemereirwe, W. & Viljoen, A.  2013.  Inheritance of resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense race 1 in bananas.  Euphytica 194: 425-430.  DOI 10.1007/s10681-013-0971-6.
  10. Sutherland, R., Viljoen, A., Myburg, A.A. & Van den Berg, N.  2013.  Pathogenicity associated genes in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 4.  South African Journal of Science 109 (5/6): 1-10.
  11. Karangwa, P., Blomme, G., Beed, F., Niyongere, C. & Viljoen, A.  2016.  The distribution and incidence of banana Fusarium wilt in subsistence farming systems in east and central Africa.  Crop Protection 84: 132-140.
  12. Aguayo, J., Mostert, D., Fourrier-Jeandel, C., Cerf-Wendling, I., Hostachy, B., Viljoen, A. & Ioos, R.  2017.  Development of a hydrolysis probe-based real-time assay for the detection of tropical strains of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense race 4.  PLoS One 12(2): e0171767. Doi 10.1371/journal.pone.0171767: 1-20.
  13. Mostert, D., Molina, A.B., Daniells J., Fourie, G., Hermanto, C., Chao, C-P., Fabregar, E., Sinohin, V.G., Masdek, N., Thangavelu, R., Li, C., Yi, G., Mostert, L. & Viljoen, A.  2017.  The distribution and host range of the banana Fusarium wilt fungus, Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense, in Asia.  PLoS One 12 (7): e0181630. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181630.
  14. Chittarath, K., Mostert, D., Crew, K.S., Viljoen, A., Kong, G., Molina, A.B. & Thomas, J.E.  2018.  First report of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (VCG 01213/16) associated with Cavendish bananas in Laos.  Plant Disease 102 (2): 449-450.
  15. Hung, T.N., Hung, N.Q., Mostert, D., Viljoen, A., Chao, C.P. & Molina, A.B.  2018.  First report of Fusarium wilt on Cavendish bananas, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (VCG 01213/16), in Vietnam.  Plant Disease 102 (2): 448.
  16. Karangwa, P., Mostert, D., Ndayihanzamaso, P., Dubois, T., Niere, B., Felde, A., Schouten, A., Blomme, G., Beed, F. & Viljoen, A.  2018.  Genetic diversity of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense in East and Central Africa.  Plant Disease 102 (3): 552-560.


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