Banana is an important staple food crop feeding more than 100 million Africans, but is subject to severe productivity constraints due to a range of pests and diseases. Banana Xanthomonas wilt caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum is capable of entirely destroying a plantation while nema...
Tripathi, L.
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Atkinson, H.
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Roderick, H.
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Kubiriba, J.
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Tripathi, J.N.
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[Genetically engineered bananas resistant to Xanthomonas wilt disease and nematodes]
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Genetically engineered bananas resistant to Xanthomonas wilt disease and nematodes
Atkinson, H.J.
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Roderick, H.
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Tripathi, L.
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[Africa needs streamlined regulation to support the deployment of GM crops]
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Africa needs streamlined regulation to support the deployment of GM crops
Plant parasitic nematodes impose losses of up to 70% on plantains and cooking bananas in Africa.
Application of nematicides is inappropriate and resistant cultivars are unavailable. Where grown, demand
for plantain is more than for other staple crops. Confined field testing demonstrated that tran...
Tripathi, L.
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Babirye, A.
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Roderick, H.
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Tripathi, J.N.
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Changa, C.
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Urwin, P.E.
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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Coyne, D.L.
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Atkinson, H.J.
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[Field resistance of transgenic plantain to nematodes has potential for future African food security]
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Field resistance of transgenic plantain to nematodes has potential for future African food security
A digital camera fitted with a hemispherical lens was used to generate canopy leaf area index (LAI) values for a banana (Musa spp.) field trial with the aim of establishing a method for monitoring stresses on tall crop plants. The trial in Uganda consisted of two cultivars susceptible to nematode...
Roderick, H.
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Mbiru, E.
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Coyne, D.L.
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Tripathi, L.
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Atkinson, H.J.
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[Quantitative digital imaging of banana growth suppression by plant parasitic nematodes]
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Quantitative digital imaging of banana growth suppression by plant parasitic nematodes