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.
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Walker, P.
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Ortiz, R.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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Ferris, R.S.B.
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[Statistical tools to evaluate sensory data fro testing fruit quality of Musa]
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Statistical tools to evaluate sensory data fro testing fruit quality of Musa
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...
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.
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Okoli, B.E.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Taxonomic value of calcium oxalate cystals in Musa germplasm]
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Taxonomic value of calcium oxalate cystals in Musa germplasm
Spatial nutrient distribution was studied under a multi-species hedgerow cropping with plantain on an acid ultisol in southeastern Nigeria. The objective of this study was to evaluate variation in soil nutrients under alleys formed by multi-species hedgerows at three sampling sites: 0.5 m around ...
Owoeye, L.G.
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Ortiz, R.
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Gichuru, M.P.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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[Variation in soil nutrient levels under multispecies hedgerow cropping with plantain]
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Variation in soil nutrient levels under multispecies hedgerow cropping with plantain
This study investigated the potential of unripe plantain (UP) and orange vesicle (OV) composite flour for cookies production. Proximate composition, functional properties, vitamins and mineral composition of the composite flour were carried out. Data obtained was subjected to Analysis of Variance...
Pseudocercospora fijiensis, causal agent of the black Sigatoka disease (BSD) of Musa spp., has spread globally since its discovery in Fiji 1963 to all the banana and plantain growing areas across the globe. It is becoming the most damaging and economically important disease of this crop. The iden...
Onyilo, F.
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Tusiime, Geoffrey
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Tripathi, J.N.
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Chen, L.H.
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Falk, B.
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Stergiopoulos, I.
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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Kubiriba, J.
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Tripathi, L.
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[Silencing of the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) fus3 and slt2 in pseudocercospora fijiensis reduces growth and virulence on host plants]
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Silencing of the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) fus3 and slt2 in pseudocercospora fijiensis reduces growth and virulence on host plants
El moko, enfermedad causada por Ralstonia solanacearum raza 2, afecta la producción de plátano (Musa AAB Simmonds) en Colombia, ocasionando pérdidas hasta de 100%. In vitro, se evaluó el efecto de filtrados crudos de cepas de Trichoderma sp. y dos productos comerciales como posibles reductores de...
Ceballos, Germán
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Álvarez, Elizabeth
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Bolaños Benavides, Martha M.
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[Reducción de poblaciones de ralstonia solanacearum raza 2 (Smith) en plátano (Musa AAB Simmonds) con aplicación de extractos de Trichoderma sp. (Alexopoulus y Mims) y bacterias antagonistas = Reduction in populations of Ralstonia solanacearum raza 2 in plantain (Musa AAB Simmonds) with extracts from Trichoderma sp. and antagonistic bacteria]
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Reducción de poblaciones de ralstonia solanacearum raza 2 (Smith) en plátano (Musa AAB Simmonds) con aplicación de extractos de Trichoderma sp. (Alexopoulus y Mims) y bacterias antagonistas = Reduction in populations of Ralstonia solanacearum raza 2 in plantain (Musa AAB Simmonds) with extracts from Trichoderma sp. and antagonistic bacteria
Hölschera, D.
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Dhakshinamoorthy, S.
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Alexandrov, T.
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Becker, M.
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Bretschneideri, T.
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Buerkert, Andreas
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Crecelius, A.C.
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Waele, D. de
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Elsen, A.
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Heckel, D.G.
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Heklau, H.
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Hertweck, C.
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Kai, M.
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Knop, K.
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Krafft, C.
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Maddula, R.K.
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Matthäus, C.
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Popp, J.
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Schneider, B.
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Schubert, U.S.
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Sikora, R.A.
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Svatoš, A.
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Swennen, R.L.
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[Phenalenonetype phytoalexins mediate resistance of banana plants (Musa spp.) to the burrowing nematode Radopholus similis]
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Phenalenonetype phytoalexins mediate resistance of banana plants (Musa spp.) to the burrowing nematode Radopholus similis
Atkinson, H.J.
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Roderick, H.
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Tripathi, L.
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[Africa needs streamlined regulation to support the deployment of GM crops]
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Africa needs streamlined regulation to support the deployment of GM crops
Although a number of recent studies suggest that climate associated shifts in agriculture are affecting social and economic systems, there have been relatively few studies of these effects in Africa. Such studies would be particularly useful in Central Africa, where the impacts of climate warming...
Fuller, T.L.
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Clee, P.R.S.
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Njabo, K.Y.
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Tróchez, A.
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Morgan, K.
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Meñe, D.B.
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Anthony, N.M.
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Gonder, M.K.
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Allen, W.R.
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Hanna, R.
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Smith, T.B.
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[Climate warming causes declines in crop yields and lowers school attendance rates in Central Africa]
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Climate warming causes declines in crop yields and lowers school attendance rates in Central Africa