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------- As Musa sapientum.
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------- Abundant numbers of specimens found on this plant.
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------- Musa paradisiaca var. sapientum listed by USDA (2010) as a host, but no other references can be found. Considered doubtful.
* USDA (2010) New pest response guidelines: false codling moth Thaumatotibia leucotreta. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Emergency and Domestic Programs, Riverdale, Maryland.
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* Heppner JB, Pena JE, Glenn H (1987) The banana moth, Opogona sacchari (Bojer) (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), in Florida. Entomology Circular, Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services No. 293, 4pp.
* Oldham JN (1928) Hieroxestis subcervinella, Wlk., an enemy of the banana in the Canary Islands. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 19(2), 147-166.
------- as Musa sapientum.
* Torres-Asuaje PE, Cotes-Prado AM, Echeverría-Beirute F, Blanco-Rojas FA, Sandoval-Fernández JA, Segura-Mena RA, Palomares-Rius JE (2023) Ensilaged biostimulants promoting root health and control of Radopholus similis in banana (Musa AAA) cv. Grande Naine. European Journal of Plant Pathology 165(3), 465-474.
* Wicker E, Grassart L, Coranson-Beaudu R, Mian D, Guilbaud C, Fegan M, Prior P (2007) Ralstonia solanacearum strains from Martinique (French West Indies) exhibiting a new pathogenic potential. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73(21), 6790-801. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00841-07
* Pardo JM, López-Alvarez D, Ceballos G et al. (2019) Detection of Ralstonia solanacearum phylotype II, race 2 causing Moko disease and validation of genetic resistance observed in the hybrid plantain FHIA-21. Tropical Plant Pathology 44, 371–379 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40858-019-00282-3
* Blomme G, Dita M, Jacobsen KS, Pérez VL, Molina A, Ocimati W, Poussier S, Prior P (2017) Bacterial diseases of Bananas and Enset: current state of knowledge and integrated approaches toward sustainable management. Frontiers in Plant Science 8, 1290
------- confirmed host for R. syzygii subsp. celebesensis.
* N'Guessan CA, Brisse S, Le Roux-Nio A-C, Poussier S, Koné D, Wicker E (2013) Development of variable number of tandem repeats typing schemes for Ralstonia solanacearum, the agent of bacterial wilt, banana Moko disease and potato brown rot. Journal of Microbiological Methods 92, 366-374.
* Pardo JM, López-Alvarez D, Ceballos G et al. (2019) Detection of Ralstonia solanacearum phylotype II, race 2 causing Moko disease and validation of genetic resistance observed in the hybrid plantain FHIA-21. Tropical Plant Pathology 44, 371–379 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40858-019-00282-3
* Safni I, Subandiyah S, Fegan M (2018) Ecology, Epidemiology and Disease Management of Ralstonia syzygii in Indonesia. Frontiers in Microbiology 9, 419
------- confirmed host for R. syzygii subsp. celebesensis.
* Wicker E, Grassart L, Coranson-Beaudu R, Mian D, Guilbaud C, Fegan M, Prior P (2007) Ralstonia solanacearum strains from Martinique (French West Indies) exhibiting a new pathogenic potential. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73(21), 6790-801. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00841-07
* Blomme G, Dita M, Jacobsen KS, Pérez VL, Molina A, Ocimati W, Poussier S, Prior P (2017) Bacterial diseases of Bananas and Enset: current state of knowledge and integrated approaches toward sustainable management. Frontiers in Plant Science 8, 1290
------- confirmed host for R. syzygii subsp. celebesensis.
* Blomme G, Dita M, Jacobsen KS, Pérez VL, Molina A, Ocimati W, Poussier S, Prior P (2017) Bacterial diseases of Bananas and Enset: current state of knowledge and integrated approaches toward sustainable management. Frontiers in Plant Science 8, 1290
------- confirmed host for R. syzygii subsp. celebesensis.
* N'Guessan CA, Brisse S, Le Roux-Nio A-C, Poussier S, Koné D, Wicker E (2013) Development of variable number of tandem repeats typing schemes for Ralstonia solanacearum, the agent of bacterial wilt, banana Moko disease and potato brown rot. Journal of Microbiological Methods 92, 366-374.
* Safni I, Subandiyah S, Fegan M (2018) Ecology, Epidemiology and Disease Management of Ralstonia syzygii in Indonesia. Frontiers in Microbiology 9, 419
------- confirmed host for R. syzygii subsp. celebesensis.
* Blomme G, Dita M, Jacobsen KS, Pérez VL, Molina A, Ocimati W, Poussier S, Prior P (2017) Bacterial diseases of Bananas and Enset: current state of knowledge and integrated approaches toward sustainable management. Frontiers in Plant Science 8, 1290
------- confirmed host for R. syzygii subsp. celebesensis.
* Ray JD, Subandiyah S, Rincon-Florez VA, Prakoso AB, Mudita WI, Carvalhais LC, Markus JE, O'Dwyer CA, Drenth A (2021) Geographic expansion of banana blood disease in Southeast Asia. Plant Disease 105(10), 2792-2800. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-21-0149-RE
------- confirmed host.
* Ray J D, Subandiyah S, Rincon-Florez V A, Prakoso A B, Mudita I W, Carvalhais L C, Markus J E R, O'Dwyer C A, Drenth A (2021) Geographic expansion of banana blood disease in Southeast Asia. Plant Disease 105(10), 2792-2800. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-21-0149-RE
------ Confirmed host.
* Safni I, Subandiyah S, Fegan M (2018) Ecology, epidemiology and disease management of Ralstonia syzygii in Indonesia. Frontiers in Microbiology 9, 419 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00419
------- Confirmed host (PIV-10).
* Wicker E, Grassart L, Coranson-Beaudu R, Mian D, Guilbaud C, Fegan M, Prior P (2007) Ralstonia solanacearum strains from Martinique (French West Indies) exhibiting a new pathogenic potential. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73(21), 6790-801.
* Blomme G, Dita M, Jacobsen KS, Pérez VL, Molina A, Ocimati W, Poussier S, Prior P (2017) Bacterial diseases of Bananas and Enset: current state of knowledge and integrated approaches toward sustainable management. Frontiers in Plant Science 8, 1290
------- Confirmed host for R. syzygii subsp. celebesensis.
* Studholme DJ, Wicker E, Muzemil Abrare S, Aspin A, Bogdanove A, Broders K, Dubrow Z, Grant M, Jones JB, Karamura G, Lang J, Leach J, Mahuku G, Valentine Nakato G, Coutinho T, Smith J, Bull CT (2020) Transfer of Xanthomonas campestris pv. arecae and X. campestris pv. musacearum to X. vasicola (Vauterin) as X. vasicola pv. arecae comb. nov. and X. vasicola pv. musacearum comb. nov. and Description of X. vasicola pv. vasculorum pv. nov. Phytopathology 110(6), 1153-1160. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-03-19-0098-LE
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----- The record for Musa originates from the description of Argyroploce torticornis published by Meyrick in 1931, but the specimens’ labels indicate collection on cocoa. Musa or Musa acuminata are repeated in many publications, but this is considered as an error perpetuated from Meyrick 1931.
