La sanidad vegetal en cultivos mediterr neos y subtropicales

Los microorganismos del suelo desempe an servicios fundamentales para los cultivos. Muchos de ellos, aunque no conocidos, establecen una estrecha relación con las plantas. Análisis del microbioma del banano en las Islas Canarias han revelado varias especies útiles como endófitos y antagonistas. Algunas de ellas se están probando para controlar hongos …

EARTH students present

Within the MUSA Project the Earth University students give some “Organic banana tips”. Gonzalo Crespo (Ecuador), Janina Rios (Paraguay), Juan Carlos Rodriguez (Ecuador), Bryan Merlo Osorio, (Guatemala) Obed Azofeifa (Costa Rica) Berson Valcin (Haiti) under the guidance of Prof. Luis Pocasangre. Check the videos on YouTube: http://www.projectmusa.eu/wp/project-activities/videos/

Bananas As We Know Them Are Doomed

There are thousands of types of bananas but Americans have eyes for only one kind — the very marketable yellow Cavendish, which accounts for 95% of global banana exports. But this multi-billion dollar industry is under threat. A fungus called Panama Disease is rapidly infecting the world’s Cavendish crops and …

Nit Europea de los Investicaciò – University of Alicante

Researchers from the University of Alicante (Spain) had a great success in presenting the MUSA Project activities at the Noche Europea de la Ciencia, an European initiative realized in the Campus of the University of Alicante. SEE https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8Pd0JbQRSVKZ2gzMUVwcVgxcWhKejVwbGpEeWpqdWU2QmZR