Enset (Ensete ventricosum), also known as Ethiopian banana, is a food security crop for more than 20 million people in Ethiopia. As conventional breeding of enset is very challenging, genetic engineering is an alternative option to introduce important traits such as enhanced disease resistance an...
Matheka, J.
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Tripathi, J.N.
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Merga, I.
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Gebre, E.
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Tripathi, L.
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[A simple and rapid protocol for the genetic transformation of Ensete ventricosum]
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A simple and rapid protocol for the genetic transformation of Ensete ventricosum
The livelihoods of millions of Ugandan farmers have been threatened by current outbreak of a banana bacterial wilt disease caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum, which is very destructive and rapidly spreading in Uganda. Bananas are the highest value staple food and source of income for...
Tripathi, L.
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Tripathi, J.N.
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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[Strategies to resistance to bacterial wilt disease of banana through genetic engineering]
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Strategies to resistance to bacterial wilt disease of banana through genetic engineering
Bananas and plantains (Musa sp.) are the most important staple food and source of carbohydrates in many countries of Africa. The production is often constrained by many pests and diseases. In order to augment conventional breeding and to avoid constraints imposed by some pests and pathogens, tran...
Medicinal plants are the most important source of life saving drugs for the majority of the world's population. The biotechnological tools are important to select, multiply and conserve the critical genotypes of medicinal plants. In-vitro regeneration holds tremendous potential for the production...
Banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum (Xcm) is a devastating disease of bananas in Uganda and across the Great Lakes region of East and Central Africa. While use of disease-free suckers is recognized as important to control BXW, bacterial movement from infe...
Adikini, S.
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Beed, Fen D.
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Tusiime, Geoffrey
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Tripathi, L.
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Kyamanywa, S.
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Lewis-Ivey, M.
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Miller, S.A.
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[Spread of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum in banana plants: implications for management of banana Xanthomonas wilt disease]
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Spread of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum in banana plants: implications for management of banana Xanthomonas wilt disease
Nyaboga, E.
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Njiru, J.
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Nguu, E.
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Gruissem, W.
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Vanderschuren, H.
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Tripathi, L.
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[Unlocking the potential of tropical root crop biotechnology in east Africa by establishing a genetic transformation platform for local farmerpreferred cassava cultivars]
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Unlocking the potential of tropical root crop biotechnology in east Africa by establishing a genetic transformation platform for local farmerpreferred cassava cultivars
Silicon (Si) has been reported to be a beneficial element and shown to enhance disease resistance in many crops, although it is not regarded to be critical for plant growth and development. In this study, the potential effect of Si supplementation on resistance to banana xanthomonas wilt (BXW) di...
Mburu, K.
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Oduor, R.
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Mgutu, A.J.
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Tripathi, L.
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[Silicon application enhances resistance to xanthomonas wilt disease in banana]
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Silicon application enhances resistance to xanthomonas wilt disease in banana
Xanthomonas wilt, caused by Xanthomonascampestris pv. musacearum has, since 2001, becomethe most important and widespread disease of Musa inEast and Central Africa. Over the past decade, newresearch findings and especially feedback from smallscalefarmers have helped in fine-tuning Xanthomonaswilt...
Blomme, Guy
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Jacobsen, K.
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Ocimati, W.
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Beed, Fen D.
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Ntamwira, J.
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Sivirihauma, C.
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Ssekiwoko, F.
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Nakato, V.
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Kubiriba, J.
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Tripathi, L.
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Tinzaara, W.
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Mbolela, F.
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Lutete, L.
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Karamura, E.B.
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[Finetuning banana Xanthomonas wilt control options over the past decade in East and Central Africa]
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Finetuning banana Xanthomonas wilt control options over the past decade in East and Central Africa
Cultivated bananas (Musa spp.) have undergone domestication patterns involving crosses of wild progenitors followed by long periods of clonal propagation. Majority of cultivated bananas are polyploids with different constitutive subgenomes and knowledge on phylogenies to their progenitors at the ...
Muiruri, K.S.
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Britt, A.
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Amugune, N.O.
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Nguu, E.
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Chan, S.
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Tripathi, L.
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[Dominant allele phylogeny and constitutive subgenome haplotype inference in bananas using mitochondrial and nuclear markers]
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Dominant allele phylogeny and constitutive subgenome haplotype inference in bananas using mitochondrial and nuclear markers
Banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW), caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv.musacearum (Xcm), is the most devastating disease of banana in east and central Africa. Thespread of BXW threatens the livelihood of millions of African farmers who depend on bananafor food security and income. There...
Tripathi, J.N.
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Lorenzen, J.H.
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Bahar, O.
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Ronald, P.
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Tripathi, L.
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[Transgenic expression of the rice Xa21 patternrecognition receptor in banana (Musa sp.) confers resistance to Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum]
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Transgenic expression of the rice Xa21 patternrecognition receptor in banana (Musa sp.) confers resistance to Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum