Los microorganismos del suelo desempe an servicios fundamentales para los cultivos. Muchos de ellos, aunque no conocidos, establecen una estrecha relación con las plantas. Análisis del microbioma del banano en las Islas Canarias han revelado varias especies útiles como endófitos y antagonistas. Algunas de ellas se están probando para controlar hongos …
Cultivar banano de manera sostenible: acercándonos a las futuras generaciones de agricultores y consumidores. Un folleto para colorear y aprender, para descargar en diferentes idiomas. Descarga aquí Español
Cómo se cultiva el Plátano de Canarias Cultivating banana in a sustainable manner: approaching future generations of farmers and consumers.A booklet to colour and learn, to download in different languages. Download in English Descargar en Español
May 25 -26 2021 Host and Logistic Coordinator: Prof. Luis Vicente Lopez Llorca, Alicante University, Spain Moderator: prof. Luis Ernesto Pocasangre, EARTH, University, Costa Rica Join the conference by using the below LINK https://meet.google.com/fwk-wujk-qso For the programme download the flyer
Within the MUSA Project the Earth University students give some “Organic banana tips”. Gonzalo Crespo (Ecuador), Janina Rios (Paraguay), Juan Carlos Rodriguez (Ecuador), Bryan Merlo Osorio, (Guatemala) Obed Azofeifa (Costa Rica) Berson Valcin (Haiti) under the guidance of Prof. Luis Pocasangre. Check the videos on YouTube: http://www.projectmusa.eu/wp/project-activities/videos/
The European Union and its partners launched a coronavirus global response effort on 4 May. The aim of the campaign is to raise €7.5bn to develop diagnostics, treatments and vaccines and deploy them to every corner of the world at an affordable price. What can YOU do? Help to spread the …
There are thousands of types of bananas but Americans have eyes for only one kind — the very marketable yellow Cavendish, which accounts for 95% of global banana exports. But this multi-billion dollar industry is under threat. A fungus called Panama Disease is rapidly infecting the world’s Cavendish crops and …
Researchers from the University of Alicante (Spain) had a great success in presenting the MUSA Project activities at the Noche Europea de la Ciencia, an European initiative realized in the Campus of the University of Alicante. SEE https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8Pd0JbQRSVKZ2gzMUVwcVgxcWhKejVwbGpEeWpqdWU2QmZR
Scientist Vaniert Ventura, from Instituto de Investigaciones de Viandas Tropicales (INIVIT, Cuba), is visiting the laboratory of IPSP in Turin, working in a MUSA collaboration research on mycorrhizae and root endophytes, under the supervision of Dr Raffaella Balestrini. SEE https://www.facebook.com/vaniert.ventura/posts/771551713307657
