Bananas and plantains (
Musa spp
.) are the
world’s fourth most important food crop after
rice, wheat, and maize in terms of gross value of
production. They are major staple food and source
of income for millions of people in tropical and
subtropical regions; particularly in Af...
Although genetic transformation of clonally propagated crops has been widely studied as a tool for crop improvement and as a vital part of the development of functional genomics resources, there has been no report of any existing Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of yam (Dioscorea spp.) with ...
Nyaboga, E.
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Tripathi, J.N.
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Manoharan, R.
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Tripathi, L.
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[Agrobacteriummediated genetic transformation of yam (Dioscorea rotundata): an important tool for functional study of genes and crop improvement]
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Agrobacteriummediated genetic transformation of yam (Dioscorea rotundata): an important tool for functional study of genes and crop improvement
Dioscorea rotundata, commonly known as white yam, is an important staple food crop widely cultivated in West Africa and provides food security to millions of people. Genetic improvements of this crop using the advanced biotechnology tools have been hampered hitherto by the recalcitrant nature of ...
Manoharan, R.
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Tripathi, J.N.
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Tripathi, L.
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[Plant regeneration from axillary bud derived callus in white yam (Dioscorea rotundata)]
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Plant regeneration from axillary bud derived callus in white yam (Dioscorea rotundata)
Banana (Musa spp.) is an important staple food as well as cash crop in tropical and subtropical countries. Various bacterial, fungal, and viral diseases and pests such as nematodes are major constraints in its production and are currently destabilizing the banana production in sub-Saharan Africa....
Tripathi, J.N.
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Oduor, R.O.
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Tripathi, L.
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[A high-throughput regeneration and transformation platform for production of genetically modified banana]
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A high-throughput regeneration and transformation platform for production of genetically modified banana
Bananas and plantains (Musa spp.) provide 25 % of the food energy requirements for more than 100 million people in Africa. Plant parasitic nematodes cause severe losses to the crop due to lack of control options. The sterile nature of Musa spp. hampers conventional breeding but makes the crop sui...
Onyango, S.O.
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Roderick, H.
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Tripathi, J.N.
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Collins, R.
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Atkinson, H.J.
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Oduor, R.O.
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Tripathi, L.
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[The ZmRCP‑1 promoter of maize provides root tip specific expression of transgenes in plantain]
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The ZmRCP‑1 promoter of maize provides root tip specific expression of transgenes in plantain
The banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) is the most devastating disease of banana in Great Lakes region of East and Central Africa. The pathogen kills plants quickly and spreads rapidly over a large area in a short time making the disease one of the most dreaded in banana. The disease affects almost al...
Tripathi, L.
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Tripathi, J.N.
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[Relative susceptibility of banana cultivars to Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum]
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Relative susceptibility of banana cultivars to Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum
East Africa is the largest banana producing and consuming region in Africa. In particular, the East
African Highland Banana serves as the major staple crop of countries like Uganda, but production is
constrained by a number of serious pests and diseases. Banana breeding is a very difficult and sl...
Tripathi, L.
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Tripathi, J.N.
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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[Rapid and efficient production of transgenic East African highland banana (Musa spp.) using intercalary meristematic tissues]
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Rapid and efficient production of transgenic East African highland banana (Musa spp.) using intercalary meristematic tissues
Banana is a major staple food crop feeding more than 500 million people in tropical and subtropical countries. Its production is largely constrained by diseases and pests in addition to other factors such as declining soil fertility, narrow genetic diversity in germplasm, and inadequate availabil...
Tripathi, L.
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Ntui, V.O.
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Tripathi, J.N.
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[Application of genetic modification and genome editing for developing climate-smart banana]
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Application of genetic modification and genome editing for developing climate-smart banana
An Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation system was developed for the production of transgenic plantain [Musa spp. cultivar Agbagba (AAB)]. Apical shoot tips were transformed using Agrobacterium strain EHA105 with the binary vector pCAMBIA 1201, having the hygromycin resistancegene as a sel...