Advancing banana and plantain R & D in Asia and the Pacific

Advancing banana and plantain R & D in Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 10 Study of the association between nematodes and bananas in Vietnam (Progress report of the nematological research at the Vietnam Agricultural Science Institute, Hanoi, Vietnam) Inge Van den Bergh1 Vietnam lies in the centre of origin of bananas and the plant has been cultivated there for thousands of years. It is one of the most important fruit crops in Vietnam, ranking first in terms of gross output (1.3 million tonnes/year or 34% of the total fruit production) and in terms of production area (96 000 ha or 22% of the total...