Conventional banana breeding for pest and disease resistance is a very difficult and slow process due to the limited sources of resistance, sterility of cultivated banana varieties, high polyploidy levels, long cropping cycle and the lack of rapid screening methods.Molecular breeding using the tr...
This document was prepared for a workshop held in Kampala, Uganda, in August 2003. The objective of the workshop was to review the state-of-the-art of molecular and transformation technologies available for bananas as well as identify the strategies most likely to find field applications and make...
Atkinson, H.
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Dale, J.
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Harding, R.
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Kiggundu, A.
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Kunert, K.
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Muchwezi, J.M.
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Sagi, L.
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Viljoen, A.
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[Genetic transformation strategies to address the major constraints to banana and plantain production in Africa: Technical manual of the training workshop on enhancing capacity for nematode management in small-scale banana cropping systems held at the Institute of Plant Breeding, University of the Philippines Los Baños Laguna, Philippines, 1-5 December 2003.]
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Genetic transformation strategies to address the major constraints to banana and plantain production in Africa: Technical manual of the training workshop on enhancing capacity for nematode management in small-scale banana cropping systems held at the Institute of Plant Breeding, University of the Philippines Los Baños Laguna, Philippines, 1-5 December 2003.
Tendo Ssali, R.
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Kiggundu, A.
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Lorenzen, J.H.
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Karamura, E.B.
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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Viljoen, A.
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[Inheritance of resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 1 in bananas]
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Inheritance of resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 1 in bananas
Forty-five Musa clones, including endemic and introduced cultivars plus hybrids, were evaluated for resistance against the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus, in a field trial in Uganda. The predominant groups of staple crops, East African highland bananas (Musa spp. AAA) and plantains (Musaspp...
Kiggundu, A.
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Gold, C.S.
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Labuschagne, M.T.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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Louw, S.
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[Levels of host plant resistance to banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Ugandan Musa germplasm]
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Levels of host plant resistance to banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Ugandan Musa germplasm
Banana (Musa sp.) represents one of the most important world food crops after maize, rice, wheat and cassava. Many pests and diseases have significantly affected banana cultivation. Banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW), caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum, is one of the most im...
Tripathi, L.
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Tripathi, J.N.
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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Arinaitwe, G.
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Kiggundu, A.
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[Transgenic bananas with enhanced resistance against Xanthomonas wilt disease]
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Transgenic bananas with enhanced resistance against Xanthomonas wilt disease
Karamura, D.
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Kiggundu, A.
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Karamura, E.B.
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[The complementarity of farmers and botanical descriptors of the East African Highland banana cultivars (Musa, AAA)]
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The complementarity of farmers and botanical descriptors of the East African Highland banana cultivars (Musa, AAA)
In this study, both healthy tissue culture plantlets and maiden suckers of the Nakitembe cultivar were used to assess the damage level variation caused by banana weevils collected from different banana growing regions. Seventy-nine (79) tissue culture plantlets and fifty (50) suckers were establi...
Twesigye, C.K.
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Ssekatawa, K.
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Kiggundu, A.
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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Matovu, E.
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Karamura, E.B.
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[Corm damage caused by banana weevils Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) collected from different banana growing regions in Uganda]
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Corm damage caused by banana weevils Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) collected from different banana growing regions in Uganda
The highland green cooking banana (Musa spp. Type AAA-EA) is the most important staple crop in southern Uganda and throughout the East African Great Lakes Region. The crop is a key component in both the food security and agricultural sustainability of the region.
Gold, C.S.
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Karamura, E.B.
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Kiggundu, A.
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Bagamba, F.
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Abera, A.M.
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[Geographic shifts in highland cooking banana (Musa, group AAA EA) production in Uganda: site and data summaries]
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Geographic shifts in highland cooking banana (Musa, group AAA EA) production in Uganda: site and data summaries
New varieties are often developed on research stations with limited farmer involvement until the final stages of testing. Recently, farmer participatory approaches have been employed to include farmers' input into breeding objectives at much earlier stages of varietal development. This paper repo...
Gold, C.S.
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Kiggundu, A.
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Abera, A.M.K.
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Karamura, D.
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[Selection criteria of Musa cultivars as determined through a farmer participatory appraisal survey in Uganda]
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Selection criteria of Musa cultivars as determined through a farmer participatory appraisal survey in Uganda