In the 1990s, innovative cross-breeding and classic genetic analysis of segregation ratios allowed advances in the understanding of host plant response to black leaf streak disease. Partial resistance owing to a recessive major gene (bs1 ) coupled with at least two additive minor genes (bsri ) ap...
Craenen, K.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Genetic improvement for the sustainable management of resistance]
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Genetic improvement for the sustainable management of resistance
Use of resistant host genotypes is an important component of an integrated approach to control black sigatoka, a disease caused by the fungus Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet. The objective of the present research was to determine the role of the major gene for black sigatoka resistance (bs1) in ...
Craenen, K.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Effect of the bs 1 gene in plantainbanana hybrids on response to black sigatoka]
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Effect of the bs 1 gene in plantainbanana hybrids on response to black sigatoka
Plantains (Musa spp. AAB group) are starchy bananas widely grown in Africa and tropical America by small landholders. Genetic analysis of the plantain genome is difficult due to its triploidy and high sterility. Ploidy manipulations (scaling up and down the number of chromosomes) and interspecifi...
Ortiz, R.
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Craenen, K.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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[Ploidy manipulations and genetic markers as tools for analysis of quantitative trait variation in progeny derived from triploid plantains]
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Ploidy manipulations and genetic markers as tools for analysis of quantitative trait variation in progeny derived from triploid plantains
Plantain and banana (Musa spp.) are important staple food crops in the humid forest and mid-altitude agro-ecologies of sub-Saharan Africa. Black Sigatoka, caused by Mycosphaerella fijiensis, is an airborne fungal disease which attacks the leaves of the Musa plant. It is commonly considered the ma...
Craenen, K.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Influence of black sigatoka disease on the growth and yield of diploid and tetraploid hybrid plantains]
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Influence of black sigatoka disease on the growth and yield of diploid and tetraploid hybrid plantains
Plantain (Musa spp., AAB group) cultivation is threatened by black sigatoka, an airborne fungal (Mycosphaerella jijiensis Morelet) leaf spot disease. Several traits in plantains and bananas are mainly affected by major genes. The host resistance response to black sigatoka is under the control of ...
Craenen, K.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Effect of the black sigatoka resistance locus bs1 and ploidy level on fruit and bunch traits of plantain-banana hybrids]
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Effect of the black sigatoka resistance locus bs1 and ploidy level on fruit and bunch traits of plantain-banana hybrids
Plantain (Musa spp., AAB group) cultivation is threatened by black sigatoka, an airborne fungal (Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet) leaf spot disease. Several traits in plantains and bananas are mainly affected by major genes. The host resistance response to black sigatoka is under the control of ...
Craenen, K.
,
Ortiz, R.
,
[Effect of the black sigatoka resistance gene bs1 and ploidy level in fruit and bunch traits of plantain banana hybrids]
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Effect of the black sigatoka resistance gene bs1 and ploidy level in fruit and bunch traits of plantain banana hybrids