Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas. Volume I, Cultivation techniques / edited by Professor Gert H.J. Kema, Wageningen University and Research,The Netherlands and Professor André Drenth, University of Queensland, Australia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Drenth, André, editor.

Kema, Gert H. J., editor.

Series:

Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ; 2059-6936 Number 40.

Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ; Number 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bananas.

Sustainable agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Philadelphia, PA : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

Bananas are the world's most popular fruit and, according to the FAO, the fourth most important crop in the developing world after rice, wheat and maize. This volume discusses ways of improving cultivation techniques to make production more sustainable. Part 1 reviews current yields, production trends and constraints. Part 2 surveys ways of improving cultivation practice whilst Part 3 discusses harvest and post-harvest operations. The final part of the book assesses ways of measuring and improving the environmental impact of banana cultivation. Drawing on an international range of expertise, this collection focuses on ways of achieving more sustainable cultivation of banana at each step in the value chain, from propagation to post-harvest operations. This comprehensive collection will be a standard reference for the banana research community as well as banana producers.

Contents:

Intro

Achieving sustainablecultivation of bananas Volume 1: Cultivation techniques

Contents

Series list

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1 Banana production and its challenges

Chapter 1 The origin, domestication and dispersal of bananas

1 Introduction

2 Origins: morphological and molecular evidence

3 The role of Musa balbisiana

4 Domestication and early cultivation of bananas

5 Archaeological evidence for early banana cultivation

6 Dispersal of bananas into Oceania

7 Dispersal of bananas into Africa

8 Dispersal of bananas in South and Southeast Asia

9 Conclusion

10 Where to look for further information

11 References

Chapter 2 Understanding the banana industry: monoculture and beyond

2 Banana varieties and the Cavendish monoculture

3 The development of a banana monoculture

4 The dynamics of the banana monoculture

5 Post-war developments: business as usual?

6 The Cavendish era

7 Cavendish in crisis and a new paradigm

8 The hunt for new varieties

9 Future trends and conclusion

Chapter 3 Banana cultivation in Africa

2 Cultivar composition and distribution

3 Production systems

4 Banana production in Uganda

5 Nutrient deficiencies

6 Moisture stress

7 Pests and diseases affecting bananas

8 Improving banana varieties for management of pests and diseases

9 Marketing as a constraint to banana production in Uganda

10 Future trends and conclusion

11 Where to look for further information

12 References

Chapter 4 Challenges and opportunities for smallholders in banana value chains

2 Challenges along the value chain

3 Enabling an environment for addressing the challenges

4 Future trends

5 Conclusion.

6 Where to look for further information

7 References

Part 2 Improving practices across the banana value chain

Chapter 5 A functional approach to bunch formation in banana

2 Gross morphology and bunch form

3 Phases of development in banana

4 The floral phase: overview

5 Inflorescence

6 Formation of hands and fruit: independent but closely coordinated processes

7 Growth of the aerial true stem

8 Case study: photosynthate availability and bunch formation in banana

Chapter 6 Banana plant propagation methods

2 Background to banana evolution

3 Banana morphology and vegetative propagation

4 Bits and suckers

5 Propagation using conventional planting material

6 Banana tissue culture

7 Liquid culture systems

8 Banana off-types and how to reduce them

Chapter 7 Conserving banana germplasm through field genebanks

2 Objectives of the field genebank

3 Choosing the site

4 Sourcing material

5 Planting

6 Crop management

7 Quality control

8 Dissemination of quality planting stock

9 Case study

12 Acknowledgements

13 References

Chapter 8 Good agricultural practices: an end point or a starting point for more sustainable banana production?

2 Why GAP in banana production?

3 GAP-related certification schemes in banana production

4 Is sustainable banana production being operationalized through GAP certification?

5 Improving GAP for more sustainable banana production

6 Scientific frontiers in bananas and implications for GAP.

7 Conclusion: mutual lessons between GAP certification and approaches to sustainable banana production

8 Where to look for further information

9 References

Chapter 9 Challenges in cultivation of bananas in the subtropics

2 The influence of climate in banana production

3 Main problems for banana cultivation in the subtropics

4 Solving cultivation problems

5 Other cultivation practices relevant to the subtropics

6 Greenhouse banana cultivation

7 Banana cultivars for the subtropics

8 Plant protection

9 Access to market

10 Conclusion

Chapter 10 Nutrition and soil management in banana cultivation

2 Assessing nutrient requirements

3 Developing fertilizer use recommendations

4 Precision application of nutrients

5 Conclusion

6 Where to look for further information

Chapter 11 Harvesting and packaging of bananas

2 Criteria determining when to harvest bunches

3 Harvesting techniques

4 Bunch movement from the fields

5 Packing house operations

6 Fruit selection processes

7 Packing bananas

8 Future trends

9 Where to look for further information

10 References

Chapter 12 Ripening systems for bananas

2 Factors affecting banana ripening

3 Banana ripening cycles

4 The banana supply chain

5 Ripening technologies and rooms

6 Quality control

7 Summary

9 About the author

Part 3 Assessing and improving sustainability

Chapter 13 Life cycle assessment and carbon footprint of banana cultivation

2 Assessing the environmental impact of banana production

3 An integrated socio-economic carbon footprint banana value chain tool

4 Future trends and conclusion.

5 Where to look for further information

6 Abbreviations

Chapter 14 Sustainable banana cultivation: from standards to multiple solutions

2 Sustainability and the range of standards in banana production

3 The limits of sustainability standards

4 Sustainability and diversity in banana production systems

5 Case study: the variety of banana producers in the Philippines

6 Conclusion

7 Where to look for further information

8 References

Chapter 15 Organic banana cultivation and sustainability

2 Organic banana production

3 Key requirements: location, soil and use of rotation

4 Soil fertility and fertilization

5 Disease management

6 Managing nematode and insect pests

7 Weed management

8 Discussion

10 Disclaimer

11 About the author

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-11462-X

1-78676-158-0

9781351114622

OCLC:

1062360953