A field experiment was established in the humid forest of southeastern Nigeria to assess host plant response to nematodes. Fifteen plantain and banana polyploid cultivars (landraces and hybrids) were tested in nematode-infested and non-infested fields on both plant and ratoon crops. The main nema...
Dochez, C.
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Speijer, P.R.
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Schutter, B. de
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Dubois, T.
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Tenkouano, A.
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Waele, D. de
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Ortiz, R.
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[Host plant resistance and tolerance of Musa landraces and hybrids to nematode infestation]
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Host plant resistance and tolerance of Musa landraces and hybrids to nematode infestation
Karangwa, P.
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Mostert, D.
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Ndayihanzamaso, P.
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Dubois, T.
,
Niere, B.
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Felde, A. zum
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Schouten, A.
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Blomme, Guy
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Beed, Fen D.
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Viljoen, A.
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[Genetic diversity of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense in East and Central Africa]
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Genetic diversity of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense in East and Central Africa
Dubois, T.
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Coyne, D.L.
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[Banana tissue culture: community dissemination pathways for delivery of high quality planting material to create markets for African farmers]
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Banana tissue culture: community dissemination pathways for delivery of high quality planting material to create markets for African farmers
Radopholus similisis a major pest of East African highland cooking bananas (Musaspp.) in Uganda. Non-pathogenic Fusariumoxysporumendophytes, isolated from bananas in farmers’ fields, have shown potential to reduceR. Similis numbers in tissue culture banana. The mechanism through which endophyte...
Paparu, P.
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Dubois, T.
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Coyne, D.L.
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Viljoen, A.
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[Defenserelated gene expression in susceptible and tolerant bananas (Musa spp.) following inoculation with nonpathogenic Fusarium oxysporum endophytes and challenge with Radopholus similis]
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Defenserelated gene expression in susceptible and tolerant bananas (Musa spp.) following inoculation with nonpathogenic Fusarium oxysporum endophytes and challenge with Radopholus similis
Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin, an entomopathogenic fungus, can exist asymptomatically as an endophyte in banana (Musa spp.) and potentially provide management against the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar). However, in order to optimize its biological control potential when dep...
Akello, J.
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Dubois, T.
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Coyne, D.L.
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Kyamanywa, S.
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[The effects of Beauveria bassiana dose and exposure duration on colonization and growth of tissue cultured banana (Musa sp.) plants]
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The effects of Beauveria bassiana dose and exposure duration on colonization and growth of tissue cultured banana (Musa sp.) plants
Tissue culture is one of the most basic biotechnological tools available in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and its applications are varied and vast. The technique has contributed tremendously to the safeguarding, improvement and distribution of orphan crops, especially the vegetativel...
Two major biotic constraints to highland cooking
banana (Musa spp., genome group AAA-EA) production in
Uganda are the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus and
the burrowing nematode Radopholus similis. Endophytic
Fusarium oxysporum strains inoculated into tissue culture
banana plantlets have shown...
Paparu, P.
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Dubois, T.
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Gold, C.S.
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Niere, B.
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Adipala, E.
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Coyne, D.L.
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[Screenhouse and field persistence of nonpathogenic endophytic Fusarium oxysporum in Musa tissue culture plants]
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Screenhouse and field persistence of nonpathogenic endophytic Fusarium oxysporum in Musa tissue culture plants
Twenty isolates of four species of entomopathogenic hypocrealean fungi (Beauveria bassiana, Beauveria brongniartii, Isaria farinosa, and Metarhizium anisopliae) were found to be pathogenic to adults of the Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis. Survival times for 50% of the beetles te...
Dubois, T.
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Hajek, A.
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Lund, J.
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Bauer, L.
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[Virulence of entomopathogenic hypocrealean fungi infecting Anoplophora glabripennis]
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Virulence of entomopathogenic hypocrealean fungi infecting Anoplophora glabripennis
The lack of clean planting material is a major constraint for banana production in East and Central Africa. When establishing new fields, tissue culture plantlets will reduce damage by banana pests and diseases. Pest infestation or reinfestation, however, remains a vital concern. Fungal endophyte...
Dubois, T.
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Coyne, D.L.
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Kahangi, E.
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Turoop, L.
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Nsubuga, E.
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[Endophyte enhanced banana tissue culture: technology transfer through publicprivate partnerships in Kenya and Uganda]
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Endophyte enhanced banana tissue culture: technology transfer through publicprivate partnerships in Kenya and Uganda