OICC Press International Journal of Mathematical Modelling & Computations 2228-6233 11 1 2021 03 01 Modeling Banana Xanthomonas Wilt with Protection 1 14 10.30495/ijm2c.2021.679835 EN Taye Faniran Department of Computer Science, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria Abayomi Ayoade Department of Mathematics, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria Abdulahi Falade Department of Mathematics, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Mbour, Senegal Journal Article 2021 03 01 ‎Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) is an infectious disease caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv‎. ‎musacearum‎. ‎The model incorporates a new class of protected banana plants into banana plant population‎. ‎This new class are the susceptible banana plant that are treated with fertilizers‎. ‎The basic reproduction number‎, Ro , ‎is obtained using next generation matrix‎. ‎The model analysis is done and equilibrium points are analysed to establish the local and global stability of disease-free and endemic equilibrium solution‎. ‎It is shown that if the basic reproduction number‎, ‎Ro‎≤1, ‎then banana xanthomonas wilt is cleared from banana plantation and is globally asymptotically stable and if Ro>1‎, ‎the endemic equilibrium point is globally asymptotically stable and the disease persists in banana plant population‎. ‎The impact of parameters in BXW model is investigated using sensitivity analysis‎. ‎Numerical simulations are performed to justify the analytical findings‎.