Editing Banana (section)

=== Banana bacterial wilt ===

[[Banana Xanthomonas wilt|Banana bacterial wilt]] is a bacterial disease caused by ''[[Xanthomonas campestris]]'' pv. ''musacearum''.<ref name="Tushemereirwe-2004">{{Cite journal |last1=Tushemereirwe |first1=W. |last2=Kangire |first2=A. |last3=Ssekiwoko |first3=F. |last4=Offord |first4=L.C. |last5=Crozier |first5=J. |last6=Boa |first6=E. |last7=Rutherford |first7=M. |last8=Smith |first8=J.J. |title=First report of ''Xanthomonas campestris'' pv. ''musacearum'' on banana in Uganda |journal=[[Plant Pathology (journal)|Plant Pathology]] |volume=53 |date=2004 |page=802 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-3059.2004.01090.x |issue=6|bibcode=2004PPath..53..802T }}</ref> First identified on a close relative of bananas, ''[[Ensete ventricosum]]'', in Ethiopia in the 1960s,<ref name="Bradbury-1968">{{Cite journal |last1=Bradbury |first1=J.F. |last2=Yiguro |first2=D. |title=Bacterial wilt of Enset (''Ensete ventricosa'') incited by ''Xanthomonas musacearum'' |journal=[[Phytopathology (journal)|Phytopathology]] |volume=58 |date=1968 |pages=111–112}}</ref> The disease was first seen in Uganda in 2001 affecting all banana cultivars. Since then it has been diagnosed in Central and East Africa, including the banana growing regions of Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Burundi, and Uganda.<ref name="Mwangi-2007">{{Cite journal |last1=Mwangi |first1=M. |last2=Bandyopadhyay |first2=R. |last3=Ragama |first3=P. |last4=Tushemereirwe |first4=R.K. |title=Assessment of banana planting practices and cultivar tolerance in relation to management of soilborne ''Xanthomonas campestris'' pv. ''musacearum'' |journal=[[Crop Protection (journal)|Crop Protection]] |volume=26 |date=2007 |pages=1203–1208 |doi=10.1016/j.cropro.2006.10.017 |issue=8  |bibcode=2007CrPro..26.1203M }}</ref>