Research Agenda for the prevention and control of Fusarium in the Andean Region

Executive Summary

Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) Tropical Race 4 threatens banana and plantain production in Latin America and the Caribbean, necessitating coordinated action between countries for the containment, prevention and control of pathogen’s spread in the continent. This report presents the summary and conclusions of the working groups developed in the Workshop: “Research agenda for the exclusion, prevention and management of outbreaks of the tropical race 4 of Fusarium (TR4) in the cultivation of Musaceas in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) ” developed on November 7 and 8, 2019 in Bogotá - Colombia. The workshop was attended by 85 people including experts, technicians, researchers and regional authorities, and brought together the Institutes or Research Centers (INIAs), National and / or Regional Plant Protection Organizations of the countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Perú and the Dominican Republic. In addition, international research institutions such as Bioversity, CIRAD, CIAT and the University of Florida were included. The conclusion of the workshop indicates the need for countries to work on five common pillars: Exclusion, Diagnosis, Evaluation and development of resistant materials, Epidemiology and Integrated crop management that allow time to be gained for technological advances that mitigate the impact of Foc TR4 in the region.

Participant institutions:

• University of Florida (IFAS) – United States of America,
• Empresa Brasileña de Investigación Agropecuaria (Embrapa) – Brasil,
• Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Abastecimiento – Brasil,
• Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA) - Colombia,
• Agencia de Regulación y Control Fito y Zoo sanitario (AGROCALIDAD) - Ecuador,
• Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal (SENASA) - Peru,
• Instituto Nacional de Innovación y Transferencia en Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) - Costa Rica,
• Servicio Nacional de Sanidad e Inocuidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) - Honduras,
• Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria (IPSA) - Nicaragua,
• Ministerio de Agricultura (Agricultura RD) - Dominican Republic,
• Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad e Inocuidad Agroalimentaria (OIRSA),
• Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agropecuaria y Forestal (INIAF) – Bolivia,
• Centro de Investigaciones del Banano (Cenibanano) - Colombia,
• Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP) – Ecuador,
• Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA) - Perú,
• Instituto Nacional de Innovación y Transferencia en Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) - Costa Rica,
• Corporación Bananera Nacional (CORBANA) - Costa Rica,
• Fundación Hondureña de Investigación Agrícola (FHIA) - Honduras,
• Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) – Nicaragua,
• Instituto de Investigación Agropecuaria (IDIAP) - Panama,
• Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF) – Dominican Republic,
• International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) – Colombia and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT,
• French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD),
• Grupo Acon – Costa Rica,
• Asociación de Bananeros de Colombia (Augura) - Colombia,
• Dole Tropical Products,
• Asociación de Bananeros de Magdalena y La Guajira (ASBAMA) - Colombia,
• Agropecuaria Punta Larga – Venezuela.

Results

Beneficiaries

Researchers and technicians from National Research Institutes or centers (INIA), National and / or Regional Plant Protection Organizations (NPPO and RFPO), from the countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua , Panama, Peru and the Dominican Republic. In addition, from international research institutions: Bioversity, CIRAD, CIAT and the University of Florida.

Sustainable Development Goals

Main donors