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East African Highland bananas (Musa spp., AAA) also known by their vernacular name ‘matooke', are a major staple food for the densely populated high elevation regions of Eastern and Central Africa. Banana production, however, is declining due to increased pest and disease pressure. Nematodes are ...


Speijer, P.R.Kajumba, C.[Yield loss from plant parasitic nematodes in East African highland banan (Musa spp. AAA)]Yield loss from plant parasitic nematodes in East African highland banan (Musa spp. AAA)

The banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus Germar, has evaded all efforts to manage it in all banana-based cropping systems except the commercial plantation banana system, where the 2 to 3 year crop cycle and the intensity of management limit the pest survival in that system. Conversely, in backyard...


Karamura, E.B.Gold, C.[The elusive banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus Germar]The elusive banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus Germar
Dochez, C.Speijer, P.Hartman, J.Vuylsteke, D.R.Waele, D. de[Screening Musa hybrids for resistance to Radopholus similis]Screening Musa hybrids for resistance to Radopholus similis

The relative contribution of ploidy status and genome composition to the variability of root traits in Musa was studied in 18 genotypes (from 5 genomic groups and 3 ploidy levels) at Onne, Nigeria. There was a significant effect of ploidy level on the different characteristics, except for root dr...


Blomme, GuySwennen, R.Tenkouano, A.[Assessment of variability in the root system characteristics of banana (Musa spp.) according to genome group and ploidy level]Assessment of variability in the root system characteristics of banana (Musa spp.) according to genome group and ploidy level

Banana (Musa AAA) and plantain (Musa AAB) are important dietary staples for over 70 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. Banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus) and nematodes (Radopholus similis, Helicotylenchus multicinctus) are often the largest constraints to production. Leguminous crops in the...


McIntyre, B.D.Gold, C.S.Kashaija, I.N.Ssali, H.Night, G.Bwamiki, D.P.[Effects of legume intercrops on soilborne pests, biomass, nutrients, and soil water in banana]Effects of legume intercrops on soilborne pests, biomass, nutrients, and soil water in banana

Recent successes in the conventional cross-breeding of plantains and cooking bananas by genetic improvement programmes will inevitably lead to an increase in the number of new clones that require testing before release to farmers. In most cases testing focused on disease resistance and yield but ...


Korie, S.Walker, P.Ortiz, R.Vuylsteke, D.R.Ferris, R.S.B.[Statistical tools to evaluate sensory data fro testing fruit quality of Musa]Statistical tools to evaluate sensory data fro testing fruit quality of Musa

The burrowing nematode Radopholus similis is one of the major constraints to banana (Musa spp.) production worldwide. Resource-poor farmers can potentially manage R. similis by using naturally occurring banana endophytes, such as nonpathogenic Fusarium oxysporum, that are inoculated into tissue c...


Athman, S.Dubois, T.Coyne, D.Gold, C.Labuschagne, N.Viljoen, A.[Effect of endophytic Fusarium oxysporum on host preference of Radopholus similis to tissue culture banana plants]Effect of endophytic Fusarium oxysporum on host preference of Radopholus similis to tissue culture banana plants

The responses of 19 East African highland (EAH) banana cultivars (AAA and AA genomes) and two reference cultivars to black sigatoka (Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet) and Cladosporium leaf speckle (Cladosporium musae Mason) were studied in 1993 at Onne (southeastern Nigeria) under ecological cond...


Pasberg-Gauhl, C.Gauhl, F.[Response of East African highland bananas to black Sigatoka and Cladosporium leaf speckle under tropical humid forest lowland conditions in West Africa]Response of East African highland bananas to black Sigatoka and Cladosporium leaf speckle under tropical humid forest lowland conditions in West Africa
Autor: Ortiz, R.

Scientific strategies for crop improvement ensue from genetic knowledge gain from the relevant breeding populations. Few genetic studies were undertaken in Musa before the 1990s, despite the importance of the crop in human diet in the tropics. It was believed that genetic studies of most cultivat...


Ortiz, R.[Undesrtanding the Musa genome: an update]Undesrtanding the Musa genome: an update

Epidermal and histological characterization of Musa species and cultivars were carried out to investigate the descriptor value of calcium oxalate between groups and subgroups of cultivars. Epidermal peels of the bracts of selected plantain and banana cultivars stained with 0.01% safranin solution...


Osuji, J.O.Okoli, B.E.Ortiz, R.[Taxonomic value of calcium oxalate cystals in Musa germplasm]Taxonomic value of calcium oxalate cystals in Musa germplasm

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