Pests and diseases have become major constraints to smallholder banana production in the highlands of East Africa. Biotic challenges to banana cultivation include fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes and insects. Host-plant resistance, developed either by conventional breeding or by application of...
Lorenzen, J.H.
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Tenkouano, A.
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Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
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Vroh Bi, Irie
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Coyne, D.L.
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Tripathi, L.
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[The role of crop improvement in pest and disease management]
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The role of crop improvement in pest and disease management
Blomme, Guy
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Swennen, R.
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Tenkouano, A.
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Ortiz, R.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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[Estimation of root development from shoot traits in plantain and banana (Musa spp.)]
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Estimation of root development from shoot traits in plantain and banana (Musa spp.)
Musa spp (bananas and plantains) constitute a hybrid-polyploid complex and are classified according to different genome compositions such as AA, BB, AB, AAA, AAB, ABB, AAAA, ABBB, AAAB and AABB. Knowledge of ploidy and exact genome compositions of the parental material is essential for Musa breed...
Pillay, M.
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Ogundiwin, E.
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Tenkouano, A.
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Doležel, Jaroslav
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[Ploidy and genome composition of Musa germplasm at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)]
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Ploidy and genome composition of Musa germplasm at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Fifteen AFLP primer pairs (EcoRI+3 and MseI+3) and 60 10-mer RAPD primers were used to detect polymorphisms and assess genetic relationships in a sample of 25 plantains from diverse parts of Western and Central Africa. The discriminatory power of the AFLP technique was greater than that of the RA...
Ude, G.
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Pillay, M.
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Ogundiwin, E.
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Tenkouano, A.
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[Genetic diversity in an African plantain core collection using AFLP and RAPD markers]
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Genetic diversity in an African plantain core collection using AFLP and RAPD markers
Crouch, J.H.
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Tenkouano, A.
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[DNA markerassisted improvement of the staple crops of subSaharan Africa: proceedings of the workshop on DNA markers at IITA held by the Crop Improvement Division, IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria, 21-22 August 1996]
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DNA markerassisted improvement of the staple crops of subSaharan Africa: proceedings of the workshop on DNA markers at IITA held by the Crop Improvement Division, IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria, 21-22 August 1996
Nwauzoma, A.
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Tenkouano, A.
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Daniel-Kalio, L.
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[Disease incidence and symptom expression of banana streak badnavirus on plantain somaclones (Musa spp., AAB Group) in Nigeria]
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Disease incidence and symptom expression of banana streak badnavirus on plantain somaclones (Musa spp., AAB Group) in Nigeria
Dahal, G.
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Hughes, J.
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Gauhl, F.
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Pasberg-Gauhl, C.
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Thottappilly, G.
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Tenkouano, A.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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Lockhart, B.
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[Evaluation of micropropagated plantain and banana hybrids for banana streak badnavirus incidence in Nigeria]
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Evaluation of micropropagated plantain and banana hybrids for banana streak badnavirus incidence in Nigeria
Introduction. Chips or crisps are the most important foods usually fried; they are presented in the form of thin discs (chips) or sometimes in the form of sticks (French fries). Materials and methods. Chips were prepared starting from pulp samples resulting from five hybrids of plantain and banan...
Adeniji, T.A.
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Tenkouano, A.
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[Effect of processing on micronutrient content of chips produced from some plantain and banana hybrids]
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Effect of processing on micronutrient content of chips produced from some plantain and banana hybrids
Plantains (Musa spp. AAB) are regarded as the most diverse subgroup of the triploid bananas. Initially they were classified on the basis of morphological characters. New molecular techniques are now being used to explain plantain diversity. Prior to this study no attempt has been made to merge mo...
Langhe, E. de
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Pillay, M.
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Tenkouano, A.
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Swennen, R.L.
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[Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy in Musa: the African plantains (Musa spp. AAB group)]
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Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy in Musa: the African plantains (Musa spp. AAB group)
Mulch supported more vigorous plants and repressed nematode activity. Plant parasitic nematodes were responsible for damage to the roots of plantain cv. Agbagba, resulting in reduction in the number of functional leaves on the plants. Inoculated plants had better suckering than the uninnoculated ...
Olaniyi, M.
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Speijer, P.
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Waele, D. de
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Swennen, R.
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Tenkouano, A.
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[Influence of crop management practices in two locations on plantain response to plant parasitic nematodes]
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Influence of crop management practices in two locations on plantain response to plant parasitic nematodes