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View article: Differential Growth and Transpiration Responses Among Banana (<i>Musa</i> Spp.) Hybrids—Hope for Breeding Drought Tolerant Bananas?
Differential Growth and Transpiration Responses Among Banana (<i>Musa</i> Spp.) Hybrids—Hope for Breeding Drought Tolerant Bananas? Open
Summary Statement This study, one of the first in its kind, uses a promising approach to phenotype and evaluate offspring and presents the evaluation of 16 East African Highland type banana hybrids ( Musa spp.) purposely bred for drought a…
View article: Assessing Drought Effects on Banana Production and On-Farm Coping Strategies by Farmers – A Study in the Cattle Corridor of Uganda
Assessing Drought Effects on Banana Production and On-Farm Coping Strategies by Farmers – A Study in the Cattle Corridor of Uganda Open
Drought is a major threat to banana production in Uganda, leading to large yield losses. This study documented drought effects on banana production and identified farmers’ coping strategies to mitigate the impact of droughts. Interviews we…
View article: Breeding banana (<i>Musa</i> spp.) for drought tolerance: A review
Breeding banana (<i>Musa</i> spp.) for drought tolerance: A review Open
Drought is a major abiotic stress affecting banana production worldwide, leading to yield losses of up to 65%. Consequently, numerous efforts to understand and mitigate drought effects that include developing tolerant crop varieties are on…
View article: Assessing New Banana Genotypes for Relevant Traits: Implication for Variety Selection
Assessing New Banana Genotypes for Relevant Traits: Implication for Variety Selection Open
Understanding the performance of new crop genotypes for traits of relevance is important in selecting potential cultivars to satisfy end-users. The objective of this study was to determine the performance of new banana genotypes for bunch …
View article: ‘NABIO808’ (Syn. ‘NAROBAN5’): A tasty cooking banana cultivar with resistance to pests and diseases
‘NABIO808’ (Syn. ‘NAROBAN5’): A tasty cooking banana cultivar with resistance to pests and diseases Open
'NABIO808' is a newly released, conventionally-bred triploid cooking banana cultivar in Uganda. It produces an average bunch yield of 54.5 t ha-1 yr-1 and is resistant to weevils, nematodes, and black Sigatoka. Additionally, its food is ye…
View article: Contributions of biodiversity to the sustainable intensification of food production: thematic study for The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture
Contributions of biodiversity to the sustainable intensification of food production: thematic study for The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture Open
Biodiversity supports sustainable food production, although recognition of its roles has been relatively neglected in the sustainable intensification literature. In the current study, the roles of biodiversity in sustainable food productio…
View article: ‘NABIO808’ (Syn. ‘NAROBAN5’): A tasty cooking banana cultivar with resistance to pests and diseases
‘NABIO808’ (Syn. ‘NAROBAN5’): A tasty cooking banana cultivar with resistance to pests and diseases Open
‘NABIO808’ is a newly released, conventionally-bred triploid cooking banana cultivar in Uganda. It produces an average bunch yield of 54.5 t ha-1 yr-1 and is resistant to weevils, nematodes, and black Sigatoka. Additionally, its food is ye…
View article: Post-harvest use of banana in Uganda and Tanzania: Product characteristics and cultivar preferences of male and female farmers
Post-harvest use of banana in Uganda and Tanzania: Product characteristics and cultivar preferences of male and female farmers Open
Understanding user preferred traits is important for the successful development and adoption of improved banana cultivars. This article provides an overview of different banana products, cultivars used to make those products and the prefer…
View article: New High-yield Cooking Banana Cultivars with Multiple Resistances to Pests and Diseases (‘NAROBan1’, ‘NAROBan2’, ‘NAROBan3’, and ‘NAROBan4’) Released in Uganda
New High-yield Cooking Banana Cultivars with Multiple Resistances to Pests and Diseases (‘NAROBan1’, ‘NAROBan2’, ‘NAROBan3’, and ‘NAROBan4’) Released in Uganda Open
"New High-yield Cooking Banana Cultivars with Multiple Resistances to Pests and Diseases ('NAROBan1', 'NAROBan2', 'NAROBan3', and 'NAROBan4') Released in Uganda" published on Sep 2018 by American Society for Horticultural Science.
View article: East African diploid and triploid bananas: a genetic complex transported from South-East Asia
East African diploid and triploid bananas: a genetic complex transported from South-East Asia Open
Understanding of the relations between the components of this complex and identifying their Asian wild relatives and related cultivars will be a valuable asset in breeding programmes and will boost the genetic improvement of East African b…
View article: Diversity and morphological characterization of Musa spp. in North Kivu and Ituri provinces, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Diversity and morphological characterization of Musa spp. in North Kivu and Ituri provinces, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Open
Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo constitutes an area where the East African Highland bananas (Musa-AAA-EA) and plantains (Musa-AAB) meet. However, Musa diversity in this region has never been characterized nor represented in national o…
View article: Selection of cooking banana genotypes for yield and black Sigatoka resistance in different locations in Uganda
Selection of cooking banana genotypes for yield and black Sigatoka resistance in different locations in Uganda Open
It is imperative to systematically evaluate new banana genotypes in different locations before national release. This enables selection and recommendation of superior genotypes as new varieties for a wider range of environments. The object…