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
Proteomics has been applied with great potential to elucidate molecular mechanisms in plants. This is especially valid in the case of non-model crops of which their genome has not been sequenced yet, or is not well annotated. Plantains are a kind of cooking bananas that are economically very impo...
Campos, N.A.
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Swennen, R.L.
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Carpentier, S.C.
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[The plantain proteome, a focus on Allele specific proteins obtained from plantain fruits]
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The plantain proteome, a focus on Allele specific proteins obtained from plantain fruits
Cytological studies in Musa spp. L. are hampered by the small size and poor staining ability of the chromosomes. The aim of this experiment was to use silver nitrate as a staining agent for Musa chromosomes. The results of this study showed that silver nitrate is a useful alternative stain for cy...
There is a genuine need within a plantain and banana (Musa spp.) breeding program to assess thoroughly the experimental materials through a sequence of trials. This will result in the selection of promising clones as potential new cultivars in the targeted agroecozone. Stability analyses and the ...
Ortiz, R.
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[AMMI and stability analyses of bunch mass in multilocational testing of Musa germplasm in sub-Saharan Africa]
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AMMI and stability analyses of bunch mass in multilocational testing of Musa germplasm in sub-Saharan Africa
Plantain and banana (Musa spp.) are important staple food crops in the humid forest and mid-altitude agro-ecologies of sub-Saharan Africa. Black Sigatoka, caused by Mycosphaerella fijiensis, is an airborne fungal disease which attacks the leaves of the Musa plant. It is commonly considered the ma...
Craenen, K.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Influence of black sigatoka disease on the growth and yield of diploid and tetraploid hybrid plantains]
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Influence of black sigatoka disease on the growth and yield of diploid and tetraploid hybrid plantains
Hybrids were obtained after in vitro germination of embryos from interploid crosses between triploid ‘French' plantain cultivars (Musa spp. AAB group). ‘Ntanga 2' and ‘Bobby Tannap' with diploid banana (Musa acuminata subsp. burmannicoides) ‘Calcutta 4'. Cross-pollinated bunches were harvested at...
Osuji, J.O.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Ploidy variation in hybrids from interploid 3x X 2x crosses in Musa]
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Ploidy variation in hybrids from interploid 3x X 2x crosses in Musa
Plantain and banana (Musa spp. L.) polyploid hybrids have been obtained after interspecific hybridisation and ploidy manipulations (i.e., interploidy crosses). The identification of promising hybrids for cultivar release requires their field testing to assess agronomic performance. The potential ...
L'hybridation et les manipulations ploodiques, c'est-a-dire les croisements interploidiques, ont permis d'obtenir les hybrides polyploides des plantains et des banaiers (Musa spp. L.). L'identification des hybrides prometteurs susceptibles de donner lieu aux cultivars necessite un essai au champ ...
Ortiz, R.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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[Improved polypoid Musa germplasm developed through ploidy manipulations]
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Improved polypoid Musa germplasm developed through ploidy manipulations
Bananas and plantains (Musa spp.) are the most important tropical fruit crops. They form an integral component of the farming systems in the humid agroecological zones of the tropics. A broad array of applied cell and molecular techniques are increasingly being used worldwide to facilitate and en...
Crouch, J.H.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Perspectives on the application of biotechnology to assist the genetic enhancement of plantain and banana (Musa spp.)]
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Perspectives on the application of biotechnology to assist the genetic enhancement of plantain and banana (Musa spp.)
Nwauzoma, A.
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Tenkouano, A.
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Daniel-Kalio, L.
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[Disease incidence and symptom expression of banana streak badnavirus on plantain somaclones (Musa spp., AAB Group) in Nigeria]
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Disease incidence and symptom expression of banana streak badnavirus on plantain somaclones (Musa spp., AAB Group) in Nigeria
Proper classification and establishment of relationships between and within Musa taxonomic clusters will be important tools for the genetic improvement of plantain and banana. This paper assesses the value of a phenotypic diversity index, based on 16 quantitative descriptors, for germplasm cluste...
Ortiz, R.
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Madsen, S.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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[Classification of African plantain landraces and banana cultivars using a phenotypic distance index of quantitative descriptors]
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Classification of African plantain landraces and banana cultivars using a phenotypic distance index of quantitative descriptors