Plant parasitic nematodes impose losses of up to 70% on plantains and cooking bananas in Africa. Application of nematicides is inappropriate and resistant cultivars are unavailable. Where grown, demand for plantain is more than for other staple crops. Confined field testing demonstrated that transgenic expression of a biosafe, anti-feedant cysteine proteinase inhibitor and an anti-root invasion, non-lethal synthetic peptide confers resistance to plantain against the key nematode pests Radopholus similis and Helicotylenchus multicinctus. The best peptide transgenic line showed improved agronomic performance relative to non-transgenic controls and provided about 99% nematode resistance at harvest of the mother crop. Its yield was about...
Plant-parasitic nematodes are tiny worms that live in soils and roots; in the case of banana plants,...
For many decades, control of plant-parasitic nematodes and in particular of the worldwide species Ra...
Plantain and banana ( Musa spp.) are integral components of the farming systems in the humid fores...
Plant parasitic nematodes impose losses of up to 70% on plantains and cooking bananas in Africa. App...
Banana and plantain (Musa spp.) are major staple foods and a source of income for millions in tropic...
Banana is an important staple food crop feeding more than 100 million Africans, but is subject to se...
Bananas and plantains (Musa spp.) provide 25 % of the food energy requirements for more than 100 mil...
Plant-parasitic nematodes cause serious damage on banana in Africa. Affected plants are less able to...
In the French West Indies, the productivity of export banana plantations is adversely affected by pl...
Developing plantains resistant to the fungal disease, black sigatoka, is progressing faster than exp...
Plantains are among the crops that enhance food security in Cameroon. However, plantain yields remai...
Since an unrecorded introduction from Asia in prehistoric times, banana and plantain (Musa spp.), co...
Plant parasitic nematodes are recognised as a significant factor limiting banana ( Musa spp.) produ...
Sustainable production of banana, plantain and enset in Africa is crucial to secure food and provide...
Background Bananas and plantains (Musa spp.) provide 25 % of the food energy requirements for more t...
Plant-parasitic nematodes are tiny worms that live in soils and roots; in the case of banana plants,...
For many decades, control of plant-parasitic nematodes and in particular of the worldwide species Ra...
Plantain and banana ( Musa spp.) are integral components of the farming systems in the humid fores...
Plant parasitic nematodes impose losses of up to 70% on plantains and cooking bananas in Africa. App...
Banana and plantain (Musa spp.) are major staple foods and a source of income for millions in tropic...
Banana is an important staple food crop feeding more than 100 million Africans, but is subject to se...
Bananas and plantains (Musa spp.) provide 25 % of the food energy requirements for more than 100 mil...
Plant-parasitic nematodes cause serious damage on banana in Africa. Affected plants are less able to...
In the French West Indies, the productivity of export banana plantations is adversely affected by pl...
Developing plantains resistant to the fungal disease, black sigatoka, is progressing faster than exp...
Plantains are among the crops that enhance food security in Cameroon. However, plantain yields remai...
Since an unrecorded introduction from Asia in prehistoric times, banana and plantain (Musa spp.), co...
Plant parasitic nematodes are recognised as a significant factor limiting banana ( Musa spp.) produ...
Sustainable production of banana, plantain and enset in Africa is crucial to secure food and provide...
Background Bananas and plantains (Musa spp.) provide 25 % of the food energy requirements for more t...
Plant-parasitic nematodes are tiny worms that live in soils and roots; in the case of banana plants,...
For many decades, control of plant-parasitic nematodes and in particular of the worldwide species Ra...
Plantain and banana ( Musa spp.) are integral components of the farming systems in the humid fores...