01575naa a2200157 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902000180006010000110007824500440008926000090013352011210014265300120126365300290127577301130130410761072012-05-16       2010    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d  a97895899167421 aEpagri  aBlack sigatoka dissemination in Brazil.  c2010  aIn February 1998, Embrapa Amazonia Ocidental researchers detected black sigatoka symptoms on bananas on the border with Colombia and Peru, in the Brazilian region of the Solimões river. In May of the same year was confirmed the presence of the disease in Benjamin Constant and Tabatinga cities, in the State of Amazonas. In July, black sigatoka presence was confirmed in Coari and until December of the same year in all Amazonas State. Until 2000, the entire Northern Brazilian region registered the presence of the disease, with the exception of the Tocantins State. In 1999, the black sigatoka was present in the Mato Grosso State, in the Centre Western Brazilian region. In 2004, it was registered in the Southeast region of Brazil, in the States of Minas Gerais and São Paulo. In the same year, black sigatoka was registered in the three States of the Southern region of Brazil. This work describes the chronology and location of the official records of the disease in Brazil and discusses forms of dissemination and the differences of symptoms and virulence of the disease in different banana areas of Brazil.  aClimate  aMycosphaerella fijiensis  tIn: REUNIAO INTERNACIONAL  ACORBAT, 19., 2010, Medellin. Proceedings... Medellin: acorbat, 2010. p. 538-551.