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Despite considerable efforts of Musa improvement programmes, banana and plantain production still depends upon a limited number of landraces selected by man from the natural germplasm. Inability to replace land-races by cultivars obtained through cross-breeding creates the increased risk of epide...


Ortiz, R.Ferris, R.S.B.Vuylsteke, D.R.[Banana and plantain breeding]Banana and plantain breeding

Banana(Musa spp. L.) breeding, aiming to develop pest resistant cultivars for the export trade, started about 75 years ago in the West Indies. However, all banana exported today are still farmers' selection from somatic mutants of the group of Cavendish, and have a very narrow genetic base. In th...


Ortiz, R.Vuylsteke, D.R.[Recent advances in Musa genetics, breeding and biotechnology]Recent advances in Musa genetics, breeding and biotechnology

Ploidy polymorphism occurs in the hybrid offspring derived from interspecific crosses between triploid plantains (Musa spp. AAB group) and diploid bananas (M. acuminata). Therefore, Musa breeders are interested in the determination of ploidy and its effects on phenotypic expression of quantitativ...


Vandenhout, H.Ortiz, R.Vuylsteke, D.R.Swennen, R.Bai, K.[Effect of ploidy on stomatal and other quantitative traits in plantain and banana hybrids]Effect of ploidy on stomatal and other quantitative traits in plantain and banana hybrids

Cassava, yam, and plantain are staple food crops essential to food security in the humid and Sub-humid tropics of Africa. However, these crops have long growth cycles, high perishability and slow multiplication rates of propagation materials, and they are subject to a number of biological stresse...


Asiedu, RobertNg, S.Vuylsteke, D.R.Terauchi, R.Hahn, S.[Analysis of the need for biotechnology research on cassava, yam, and plantain]Analysis of the need for biotechnology research on cassava, yam, and plantain

Recent successes in the conventional cross-breeding of plantains and cooking bananas by genetic improvement programmes will inevitably lead to an increase in the number of new clones that require testing before release to farmers. In most cases testing focused on disease resistance and yield but ...


Korie, S.Walker, P.Ortiz, R.Vuylsteke, D.R.Ferris, R.S.B.[Statistical tools to evaluate sensory data fro testing fruit quality of Musa]Statistical tools to evaluate sensory data fro testing fruit quality of Musa

Black sigatoka (Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet), an airborne fungal leaf-spot disease, is a major constraint to plantain and banana (Musa spp.) production world-wide. Gaining further knowledge of the genetics of host-plant resistance will enhance the development of resistant cultivars, which is...


Ortiz, R.Vuylsteke, D.R.[Inheritance of black sigatoka disease resistance in plantainbanana (Musa spp.) hybrids]Inheritance of black sigatoka disease resistance in plantainbanana (Musa spp.) hybrids

Few genetic markers are available in Musa spp. as a result of a lack of inheritance studies. Full-sib diploid (2n = 2x = 22) plantain-banana hybrids of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture were selfed or outcrossed with other diploid bananas, one of which is an improved selection f...


Ortiz, R.Vuylsteke, D.R.[Inheritance of albinism in banana and plantain (Musa spp.)]Inheritance of albinism in banana and plantain (Musa spp.)
Jarret, Robert L.Bhat, K.V.Cregan, P.B.Ortiz, R.Vuylsteke, D.R.[Isolation of microsatellite DNA markers in Musa]Isolation of microsatellite DNA markers in Musa

A strategy to control the black sigatoka disease of plantain (Musa spp, AAB group) in Africa, targeting the incorporation of durable host plant resistance, was initiated at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). The commonly accepted intractability of plantain to genetic impr...


Vuylsteke, D.R.Swennen, R.[Development and performance of tetraploid hybrids of plantain (Musa spp., AAB group) with black sigatoka resistance]Development and performance of tetraploid hybrids of plantain (Musa spp., AAB group) with black sigatoka resistance

Genetic diversity amongst 76 plantain landraces has been studied using RAPD analysis at two levels of intensity and compared with groupings based on phenotypic indices and morphotype. There was a good correlation (R2=0.78) between estimates of genetic diversity based on 76 RAPD bands and 164 RAPD...


Crouch, H.K.Crouch, J.H.Madsen, S.Vuylsteke, D.R.Ortiz, R.[Comparative analysis of phenotypic and genoytpic diversity among plantain landraces (Musa spp., AAB group)]Comparative analysis of phenotypic and genoytpic diversity among plantain landraces (Musa spp., AAB group)

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