Using the technique of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), we have identified 116 amplification products in Musa germplasm using nine primers. This has enabled us to identify RAPD markers that are specific to each of nine genotypes of Musa representing AA, AAA, AAB, ABB, and BB genomes. The ...
Howell, E.C.
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Newbury, H.J.
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Swennen, R.L.
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Withers, L.A.
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Ford-Lloyd, B.V.
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[The use of RAPD for identifying and classifying Musa germplasm]
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The use of RAPD for identifying and classifying Musa germplasm
The fate of doubled genes, from allopolyploid or autopolyploid origin, is controlled at multiple levels, resulting in the modern day cultivars. We studied the root growth of 3 different triploid banana cultivars under control and osmotic stress conditions. The root growth of the allopolyploid ABB...
Wesemael, J. van
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Hueber, Y.
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Kissel, E.
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Campos, N.
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Swennen, R.L.
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Carpentier, S.
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[Homeolog expression analysis in an allotriploid non-model crop via integration of transcriptomics and proteomics]
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Homeolog expression analysis in an allotriploid non-model crop via integration of transcriptomics and proteomics
The susceptibility and sensitivity to Radopholus similis and Helicotylenchus multicintus of 2-month-old plants derived from sword suckers (early screening) and of sword suckers of established 18-month-old mats belonging to 12 Musa genotype was investigated and compared. Differences in nematode po...
Speijer, P.R.
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Boonen, E.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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Swennen, R.L.
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Waele, D. de
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[Nematode reproduction and damage to Musa sword suckers and sword sucker derived plants]
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Nematode reproduction and damage to Musa sword suckers and sword sucker derived plants
The effects of Radopholus similis and Pratylenchus goodeyi on growth, root health and yield of the East African highland cooking banana cultivar Mbwazirume (Musa AAA-group) were compared at Mbarara, Uganda, at 1430 m above sea level. In 3-year-old mats infected only with P. goodeyi, functional ro...
Talwana, H.A.L.
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Speijer, P.R.
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Gold, C.S.
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Swennen, R.L.
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Waele, D. de
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[A comparison of the effects of the nematodes Radopholus similis and Pratylenchus goodeyi on growth, root health and yield of an East African highland banana (Musa AAAgroup)]
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A comparison of the effects of the nematodes Radopholus similis and Pratylenchus goodeyi on growth, root health and yield of an East African highland banana (Musa AAAgroup)
Studies on the influence of environmental conditions on Musa plant growth have predominantly focused on dessert bananas (Musa AAA group). The effect of location, field within location and planting date on shoot and root traits of field-grown flowering plants of 6 Musa spp. genotypes belonging to ...
Les etudes sur I'influence des conditions environnementales sur la croissance des plantes Musa avaient surtout focalise surla banane de dessert (groupe Musa AAA). L'effet de I'emplacement, le champ a l'interieur de I 'emplacement et la date de plantationsur le rejeton et les traits de racines des...
Blomme, Guy
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Swennen, R.L.
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Tenkouano, A.
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[Environmental influences on shoot and root growth in banana and plantain]
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Environmental influences on shoot and root growth in banana and plantain
This work focused on the morphological characterization of plantain cultivars collected in the period 2005–2014 in 280 villages across 9 provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. These cultivars were established in two field collections at the University of Kisangani.Existing descriptors wer...
Adheka, J.G.
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Dhed’a, D.B.
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Karamura, D.
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Blomme, Guy
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Swennen, R.L.
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Langhe, E. de
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[The morphological diversity of plantain in the Democratic Republic of Congo]
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The morphological diversity of plantain in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The effect of cycle on root system and shoot development was studied for two crop cycles (plant crop and first ratoon). The study revealed that shoot and root system development declined from the plant crop to the first ratoon for plants grown on degraded Ultisols in south-eastern Nigeria.
El efecto cíclico en el sistema radical y en el desarrollo de otras partes de la planta fue estudiado durante dos ciclos de producción (siembra y primer renuevo). El estudio reveló que el desarrollo del sistema radical y otras partes de la planta declinó desde el momento de la siembra hasta el pr...
Blomme, Guy
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Swennen, R.L.
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Turyagyenda, L.F.
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Tenkouano, A.
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[Root and shoot development during the plant crop and the first ratoon of banana and plantain (Musa spp.) with implications for perennial cultivation on degraded Ultisols in southeastern Nigeria]
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Root and shoot development during the plant crop and the first ratoon of banana and plantain (Musa spp.) with implications for perennial cultivation on degraded Ultisols in southeastern Nigeria
Bananas and plantains are one of the most important crops in the world, yet very few hybrids are cultivated. Bananas face considerable pressure from multiple biotic and abiotic stresses, but its genetic improvement is impeded by constraints on seed set due to multiple physiological and reproducti...
Brown, A.
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Tumuhimbise, R.
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Amah, D.
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Uwimana, B.
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Nyine, M.
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Mduma, H.
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Talengera, D.
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Karamura, D.
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Kuriba, J.
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Swennen, R.L.
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[Bananas and Plantains (Musa spp.)]
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Bananas and Plantains (Musa spp.)
Hölschera, D.
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Dhakshinamoorthy, S.
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Alexandrov, T.
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Becker, M.
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Bretschneideri, T.
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Buerkert, Andreas
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Crecelius, A.C.
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Waele, D. de
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Elsen, A.
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Heckel, D.G.
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Heklau, H.
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Hertweck, C.
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Kai, M.
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Knop, K.
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Krafft, C.
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Maddula, R.K.
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Matthäus, C.
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Popp, J.
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Schneider, B.
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Schubert, U.S.
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Sikora, R.A.
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Svatoš, A.
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Swennen, R.L.
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[Phenalenonetype phytoalexins mediate resistance of banana plants (Musa spp.) to the burrowing nematode Radopholus similis]
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Phenalenonetype phytoalexins mediate resistance of banana plants (Musa spp.) to the burrowing nematode Radopholus similis
Banana and plantain (Musa spp.) are important food crops in tropical and subtropical regions of the world where they generate millions of dollars annually to both subsistence farmers and exporters. Since 1902, Pseudocercospora banana pathogens, Pseudocercospora fijiensis, P. musae and P. eumusae,...
Alakonya, A.E.
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Kimunye, J.
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Mahuku, George S.
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Amah, D.
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Uwimana, B.
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Brown, A.
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Swennen, R.L.
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[Progress in understanding Pseudocercospora banana pathogens and the development of resistant Musa germplasm]
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Progress in understanding Pseudocercospora banana pathogens and the development of resistant Musa germplasm