Bananas and plantains (Musa spp.) are very important fruits for both social and economical reasons. They are worldwide cultivated in the tropical countries and constitute a staple food for nearly half a billion people.The Brazilian cultivar Terra is a French plantain consumed in stews or fried, mainly in the North and Northeast of the country. This cultivar is resistant to
yellow sigatoka (Mycosphaerella musicola Leach)and fusarium wilt [Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense(E.F. Smith)], but it is susceptible to black sigatoka(Mycosphaerella fi jiensis Morelet), nematodes andweevil borers [Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar)] (Silva
et al., 2001).