Fifteen AFLP primer pairs (EcoRI+3 and MseI+3) and 60 10-mer RAPD primers were used to detect polymorphisms and assess genetic relationships in a sample of 25 plantains from diverse parts of Western and Central Africa. The discriminatory power of the AFLP technique was greater than that of the RA...
Ude, G.
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Pillay, M.
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Ogundiwin, E.
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Tenkouano, A.
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[Genetic diversity in an African plantain core collection using AFLP and RAPD markers]
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Genetic diversity in an African plantain core collection using AFLP and RAPD markers
Micropropagation techniques have the potential to deliver
large amounts of propagules of vegetatively propagated
plantain and banana, enabling the rapid dissemination of
land races and new varieties resulting from breeding
programs. However, a critical stage in the realization of this
potential i...
Vuylsteke, J.
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Talengera, D.
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Reeves, J.
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Owoeye, T.
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[Postflask management of micropropagated bananas and plantains: A manual on how to handle tissue-cultured banana and plantain plants]
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Postflask management of micropropagated bananas and plantains: A manual on how to handle tissue-cultured banana and plantain plants
Biotechnology has opened unprecedented avenues for exploring biological systems. Transgenics is one of the key techniques particularly useful for the genetic improvement of crops that are not amenable
to conventional breeding, such as those that are vegetatively propagated. In IITA, transgenic te...
Les politiques d'innovation dans les filières agricoles en Côte d'Ivoire depuis 2011 reposent sur la création d'un dispositif de transferts technologiques qualifié de "Plateformes d'Innovation", pour introduire des plants de variétés et d'hybrides améliorés. Cet article s'intéresse particulièreme...
Angbo-Kouakou, E.
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Temple, L.
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Mathé, S.
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Assemien, A.
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[Plateformes d’innovation comme dispositif d’orientation des trajectoires technologiques des filières agricoles. Cas de la filière banane plantain en Côte d’Ivoire]
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Plateformes d’innovation comme dispositif d’orientation des trajectoires technologiques des filières agricoles. Cas de la filière banane plantain en Côte d’Ivoire
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have been , .. ridel), evaluated for their suitability in the acclimatization and nursery management of tissue-cultured (TC) plantlets of banana and plantain Improved growth and vigour of plantlets has been documented with exotic AMP species. A wide range of AMF...
Jefwa, J.M.
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Rurangwa, E.
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Gaidashova, S.V.
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Kavoo, A.M.
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Mwashasha, M.
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Robinson, J.
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Blomme, Guy
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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[Indigenous Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and growth of tissue-cultured banana plantlets under nursery and field conditions in Rwanda]
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Indigenous Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and growth of tissue-cultured banana plantlets under nursery and field conditions in Rwanda
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...
Plantain and banana (Musa s pp.J are giant perennial herbs which originated in Southeast Asia. Musa is an important food crop in the humid forest and mid-altitude ecologies of sub-Saharan Africa. Several criteria are used to distinguish the different types of cultivated plantain and banana, evolv...
Swennen, R.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Morphology and growth of plantain and banana: IITA research guide, No. 66]
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Morphology and growth of plantain and banana: IITA research guide, No. 66