Evaluating crop biodiversity is a challenging task and needs to integrate knowledge from different levels. This overview paper offers ways to tackle this challenge, illustrated by the case for drought tolerance in banana. KU Leuven hosts the International Musa Germplasm Collection managed by Biov...
Kissel, E.
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Vanhove, A.C.
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García, S.
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Panis, B.
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Rouard, M.
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Cenci, A.
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Roux, N.
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Zorrilla, J.
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Swennen, R.L.
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Carpentier, S.C.
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[Abiotic stress research in crops using -omics approaches: drought stress and banana in the spotlight]
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Abiotic stress research in crops using -omics approaches: drought stress and banana in the spotlight
With a diverse host range, Meloidogyne incognita (root-knot nematode) is listed as one of the most economically important obligate parasites of agriculture. This nematode species establishes permanent feeding sites in plant root systems soon after infestation. A compatible host-nematode interacti...
Al-Idrus, A.
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Carpentier, S.C.
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Ahmad, M.T.
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Panis, B.
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Mohamed, Z.
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[Elucidation of the compatible interaction between banana and Meloidogyne incognita via high-throughput proteome profiling]
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Elucidation of the compatible interaction between banana and Meloidogyne incognita via high-throughput proteome profiling
Millions of people depend on rain fed crop systems that are very prone to fluctuating water availability. In-depth knowledge on the plant’s stress response is therefore of utmost importance. However, in many crops not much is known about the genes involved in early stress response and their link ...
Carpentier, S.C.
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Kissel, E.
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Janial, M.
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Rouard, M.
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Zorrilla, J.
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Swennen, R.L.
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[The quest for tolerant varieties: integration of -omics techniques to understand stress in non-model crops]
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The quest for tolerant varieties: integration of -omics techniques to understand stress in non-model crops
Proteomics has been applied with great potential to elucidate molecular mechanisms in plants. This is especially valid in the case of non-model crops of which their genome has not been sequenced yet, or is not well annotated. Plantains are a kind of cooking bananas that are economically very impo...
Campos, N.A.
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Swennen, R.L.
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Carpentier, S.C.
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[The plantain proteome, a focus on Allele specific proteins obtained from plantain fruits]
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The plantain proteome, a focus on Allele specific proteins obtained from plantain fruits
Water deficit is one of the world’s major constraints in agriculture and will aggravate in the future. Banana (Musa spp.) is an important crop that needs vast amounts of water for optimal production. The International Transit Center of Bioversity International holds the world’s biggest collection...
Wesemael, J. van
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Kissel, E.
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Eyland, D.
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Lawson, T.
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Swennen, R.
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Carpentier, S.C.
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[Using growth and transpiration phenotyping under controlled conditions to select water efficient banana genotypes]
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Using growth and transpiration phenotyping under controlled conditions to select water efficient banana genotypes
Bananas (Musa spp.) are an important crop worldwide. Most modern cultivars resulted from a complex polyploidization history that comprised three whole genome duplications (WGDs) shaping the haploid Musa genome, followed by inter- and intra-specific crosses between Musa acuminata and M. balbisiana...
Cenci, A.
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Hueber, Y.
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Zorrilla-Fontanesi, Y.
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Wesemael, J. van
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Kissel, E.
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Gislard, M.
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Sardos, J.
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Swennen, R.
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Roux, N.
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Carpentier, S.C.
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Rouard, M.
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[Effect of paleopolyploidy and allopolyploidy on gene expression in banana]
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Effect of paleopolyploidy and allopolyploidy on gene expression in banana
Vanhove, A.C.
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Vermaelen, W.
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Panis, B.
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Swennen, R.
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Carpentier, S.C.
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[Screening the banana biodiversity for drought tolerance: can an in vitro growth model and proteomics be used as a tool to discover tolerant varieties and understand homeostasis]
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Screening the banana biodiversity for drought tolerance: can an in vitro growth model and proteomics be used as a tool to discover tolerant varieties and understand homeostasis
To explore the transcriptomic global response to osmotic stress in roots, 18 mRNA-seq libraries were generated from three triploid banana genotypes grown under mild osmotic stress (5% PEG) and control conditions. Illumina sequencing produced 568 million high quality reads, of which 70–84% were ma...
Zorrilla-Fontanesi, Y.
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Rouard, M.
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Cenci, A.
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Kissel, E.
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Do, H.
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Dubois, E.
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Nidelet, S.
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Roux, N.
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Swennen, R.L.
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Carpentier, S.C.
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[Differential root transcriptomics in a polyploid non-model crop: the importance of respiration during osmotic stress]
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Differential root transcriptomics in a polyploid non-model crop: the importance of respiration during osmotic stress
Data is presented from an in-depth analysis of the HSP70 family in the non-model banana during osmotic stress [1]. First, a manual curation of HSP70 sequences from the banana genome was performed and updated on the Musa hub http://banana-genome.cirad.fr/. These curated protein sequences were then...
Vanhove, A.C.
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Vermaelen, W.
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Cenci, A.
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Swennen, R.L.
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Carpentier, S.C.
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[Data for the characterization of the HSP70 family during osmotic stress in banana, a non-model crop.]
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Data for the characterization of the HSP70 family during osmotic stress in banana, a non-model crop.
Drought is a complex phenomenon that is relevant for many crops. Performing high-throughput transcriptomics in non-model crops is challenging. The non-model crop where our workflow has been tested on is banana (Musa spp.), which ranks among the top ten staple foods (total production over 145 mill...
Zorrilla-Fontanesi, Y.
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Rouard, M.
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Cenci, A.
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Kissel, E.
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Roux, N.
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Swennen, R.L.
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Carpentier, S.C.
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[How do roots respond to osmotic stress? A transcriptomic approach to address this question in a non-model crop]
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How do roots respond to osmotic stress? A transcriptomic approach to address this question in a non-model crop