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The International Plant Diagnostic Network (IPDN) in Africa: improving capacity for diagnosing diseases of banana (Musa spp.) and other African crops

dc.contributor.authorBeed, Fen D.
dc.contributor.authorMiller, S.A.
dc.contributor.authorMomol, M.T.
dc.contributor.authorGilbertson, R.
dc.contributor.authorKinyua, Z.M.
dc.contributor.authorXin, J.
dc.contributor.authorGarcía, L.
dc.contributor.authorHarmon, C.L.
dc.contributor.authorVergot, P.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:14:07Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:14:07Z
dc.date.issued2010-11
dc.identifier.citationBeed, F., Harmon, C.L., Xin, J., Vergot, P., Momol, T., Gilbertson, R., ... & Garcia, L. (2008). The International Plant Diagnostic Network (IPDN) in Africa: improving capacity for diagnosing diseases of banana (Musa spp.) and other African crops. In IV International Symposium on Banana: International Conference on Banana and Plantain in Africa. Acta Horticulturae, 879, 341-347.
dc.identifier.issn0567-7572
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/2650
dc.description.abstractBananas (Musa spp.) are subject to a number of diseases that are difficult todiagnose early in development when control measures are most likely to besuccessful. Rapidly spreading new diseases, such as Xanthomonas wilt presentunique diagnostic challenges. Surveys conducted in East and West Africadocumented the lack of sufficient equipment, supplies, reference materials andtraining in the majority of plant pathology laboratories charged with diseasediagnoses. To begin to address these issues, the International Plant DiagnosticNetwork (IPDN) was established in East and West Africa in 2006, through theIntegrated Pest Management Collaborative Research Support Program (IPMCRSP). The IPDN is a diagnostic, communication and data network, modeled inpart on the United States National Plant Diagnostic Network. Software for digitalimaging and diagnosis and information management provides a platform forenhanced diagnosis and communication amongst clinicians and their clientele.Improved diagnostics tools and protocols were also developed and tested, including aPCR assay for Xanthomonas wilt. Training programs were conducted in Benin in2006, Kenya and the United States of America in 2007, and Uganda and Mali in2008, to enhance technical capacity amongst diagnosticians in East and West Africa.Initiatives such as IPDN can benefit by collaboration with other similar internetbasedinitiatives in Africa. One such activity is the East Africa PhytosanitaryInformation Committee (EAPIC). EAPIC is linked to the Food and AgriculturalOrganization’s International Plant Portal to provide the official national plantprotection organization posting of plant pests for each respective country, whichnow includes Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. The plant pest list will serve asa foundation from which to develop harmonized border inspection protocols, whichin turn support capacity building efforts in plant pest survey, identification and communication systems, such as IPDN.
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States Agency for International Development
dc.format.extent341-348
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectCommunication And Data Networks
dc.subjectDisease Diagnosis
dc.subjectInformation And Communication Technologies
dc.subjectPest Lists And Protocols
dc.subjectTrade
dc.subjectSanitary And Phytosanitary
dc.titleThe International Plant Diagnostic Network (IPDN) in Africa: improving capacity for diagnosing diseases of banana (Musa spp.) and other African crops
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationOhio State University
cg.contributor.affiliationKenya Agricultural Research Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Florida
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of California
cg.contributor.affiliationUnited States Department of Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionAcp
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.regionNorth America
cg.coverage.countryBenin
cg.coverage.countryMali
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countryUnited States
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectBanana
cg.iitasubjectPlant Diseases
cg.journalActa Horticulturae
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid93455
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.879.35


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