List price   € 112   Buy this book   This title is available in ActaHort USB-drive or e-Acta format - not available in print Conveners   J. Zongyong, Y. Ganjun, A. Molina, I. Van den Bergh  Editors   I. Van den Bergh, M. Smith, R. Swennen, C. Hermanto  Publication date   13 May 2011  ISBN   978-90-66051-38-6  ISSN   0567-7572 (print)   2406-6168 (electronic)  Number of articles   73  Volumes   1  Place   Guangzhou, China  Online articles: STATUS, CHALLENGES AND TRENDS OF CHINESE BANANA INDUSTRY (C.Y. Li, Y.R. Wei, Y.L. Wu, B.Z. Huang, G.J. Yi) NON-CONVENTIONAL BREEDING OF BANANA (MUSA SPP.) (Y.F. Chen, X.M. Dai, Q. Gong, X. Huang, W. Xiao, J.T. Zhao, X.L. Huang) FROM FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH DISCOVERIES TO APPLICATIONS FOR BANANA IMPROVEMENT (R. Swennen, S.C. Carpentier, I.M. Henry, A. Vertommen, I. Van den houwe, G. Kovacs, L. Sagi, S. Remy, B. Panis) GENOMICS, BANANA BREEDING AND SUPERDOMESTICATION (J.S. Heslop-Harrison) DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO DISCOVER THE REPETITIVE PART OF THE BANANA NUCLEAR GENOME (E. Hřibová, J. Doležel) IDENTIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF EST-DERIVED MOLECULAR MARKERS, TRAP AND VNTRS, FOR BANANA RESEARCH (S.A.L. Garcia, R. Talebi, C.F. Ferreira, B.I. Vroh, L.V. Paiva, G.H.J. Kema, M.T. Souza Jr.) WILD MUSACEAE SPECIES IN CHINA (M. Häkkinen) MUSA COLLECTION AND CHARACTERISATION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN DR CONGO: A CHRONOLOGICAL OVERVIEW (B. Dheda Djailo, B.D. Nzawele, N. Roux, F. Ngezahayo, N. Vigheri, E. De Langhe, D. Karamura, C. Picq, P. Mobambo, R. Swennen, G. Blomme) MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISATION OF EAST AFRICAN AAB AND AA DESSERT BANANAS (MUSA SPP.) (M. Onyango, D. Karamura, S. Keeley, R. Manshardt, D. Haymer) THE COMPLEMENTARITY OF FARMERS' AND BOTANICAL DESCRIPTORS OF THE EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND BANANA CULTIVARS (MUSA, AAA) (D. Karamura, A. Kiggundu, E. Karamura) STANDARDISED PROCEDURE FOR MUSA GERMPLASM CHARACTERISATION (S. Channelière, I. Van den houwe, E. Arnaud, J.P. Horry, M. Ruas, N. Roux) DIVERSITY ANALYSIS IN INDIAN COOKING BANANAS (MUSA, ABB) THROUGH MORPHOTAXONOMIC AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERISATION (M.S. Saraswathi, S. Uma, E. Vadivel, P. Durai, S.A. Siva, G. Rajagopal, S. Sathiamoorthy) APPLICATION OF CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR DNA-BASED MARKER SYSTEMS FOR ELUCIDATION OF THE PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIP OF MUSA ACUMINATE AND MUSA BALBISIANA AND THEIR HYBRIDS (R. Boonruangrod, D. Desai, M. Berenyi, S. Fluch, K. Burg) A COMPLEX APPROACH FOR UNRAVELLING MUSACEAE PHYLOGENY AT MOLECULAR LEVEL (P. Němcová, E. Hřibová, M. Valárik, J. Doležel) MOLECULAR ANALYSIS REVEALS MULTIPLE DOMESTICATIONS OF EDIBLE BANANAS (H. Volkaert) MICROSATELLITE MARKERS FOR CLASSIFYING AND ANALYSING GENETIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BANANA CULTIVARS IN INDONESIA (A. Retnoningsih, R. Megia, A. Hartana) VALIDATION OF RAPID (COLOUR-BASED) PRESCREENING TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYSIS OF FRUIT PROVITAMIN A CONTENTS IN BANANA (MUSA SPP.) (L.C. Pereira, G.B. Ngoh Newilah, M.W. Davey, I. Van den Bergh) VITAMIN A BIOFORTIFICATION IN MUSA: STATUS, BOTTLENECKS AND PROSPECTS (M.W. Davey, I. Van den Bergh, N. Roux) CANDIDATE RESISTANCE GENE DISCOVERY: RESISTANCE GENE ANALOG CHARACTERISATION AND DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS IN MUSA-MYCOSPHAERELLA HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS (R.N.G. Miller, M.A.N. Passos, F.L. Emediato, C. de Camargo Teixeira, G.J. Pappas Júnior) MA-ACS1: A KEY OPERATOR IN ETHYLENE BIOSYNTHESIS IN BANANA - ITS ROLE AND REGULATION DURING FRUIT RIPENING (S. Roy Choudhury, S. Roy, S.K. Singh, D.N. Sengupta) COMBINATION OF SUPPRESSION-SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDISATION WITH CDNA MICROARRAY, A NOVEL WAY TO IDENTIFY GENES FROM BANANA INVOLVED IN FRUIT RIPENING (Z.Q. Jin, B.Y. Xu, J.H. Liu, J.B. Zhang, C.H. Jia) DEVELOPING RESISTANT BANANA AND PLANTAIN CULTIVARS THROUGH CONVENTIONAL BREEDING TECHNIQUES (R. Menon, A. Cherian, A. Suma, Maicykutty, P. Mathew, S. Nair, K.C. Aipe) EXPLOITATION OF DIPLOIDS IN INDIAN BANANA BREEDING PROGRAMMES (S. Uma, M.M. Mustaffa, M.S. Saraswathi, P. Durai) THE EFFECT OF BANANA BREEDING ON THE DIVERSITY OF EAST AFRICAN HIGHLAND BANANA (MUSA, AAA) (M. Nyine, M. Pillay) USE OF MOLECULAR MARKERS IN BANANA AND PLANTAIN IMPROVEMENT (J. Lorenzen, S. Hearne, G. Mbanjo, M. Nyine, T. Close) THE USE OF MOLECULAR MARKERS IN THE CIRAD BANANA BREEDING PROGRAMME (J.P. Horry) DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHLY REGENERATIVE EMBRYOGENIC CELL SUSPENSIONS OF 'NANJANGUD RASBALE' (SYN. 'RASTHALI', MUSA, AAB, SILK SUBGROUP) AND TRANSFORMANTS WITH AMP GENE (S. Mohandas, H.D. Sowmya, R. Manjula, K.Y. Pratibha, S. Meenakshi, K.M. Ajay) COLLECTING AND CONSERVING WILD MUSA GERMPLASM IN GUANGXI, CHINA (J.Y. Yan, Q.X. Quan, X. Long, H.X. Peng) PRELIMINARY STUDY ON ISSR ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF WILD MUSA GERMPLASM IN GUANGXI, CHINA (X.Q. Qin, H.X. Peng, X. Long, J.Y. Yao) ANALYSIS OF GENETIC DIVERSITY IN BANANA CULTIVARS (MUSA SPP.) USING SEQUENCE-RELATED AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHISM MARKERS (J.Y. Wei, D.B. Liu, S.X. Wei, Z.S. Xie, G.Y. Xu, Y.Y. Chen) INTERSECTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EUMUSA AND RHODOCHLAMYS OF THE GENUS MUSA USING MORPHOTAXONOMY AND MICROSATELLITE MARKERS (P. Durai, S. Uma, M.S. Saraswathi, N. Jayabalan, M.M. Mustaffa) STUDIES ON GENETIC DIVERGENCE OF SEEDED BANANA IN WEST BENGAL (M.A. Hasan, R. Ray Chowdhury, M. Manna, K.K. Mandal, D. Majumder, S. Jha) GENERATION OF SEGREGATING F1 POPULATIONS FOR MAPPING THE MUSA GENOME (A. Rekha, K.V. Ravishankar, D.S. Ambika) GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS IN LEAVES OF 'BEE HEE KELA', A DROUGHT-TOLERANT MUSA BALBISIANA GENOTYPE FROM NORTHEAST INDIA (K.V. Ravishankar, A. Rekha, R.H. Laxman, G. Savitha, V. Swarupa) STUDIES ON TIME-COURSE EXPRESSION OF DEFENCE GENES IN BANANA AGAINST PRATYLENCHUS COFFEAE FOR THE CREATION OF A SUBTRACTIVE CDNA LIBRARY (S. Backiyarani, S. Uma, P. Sundararaju, M. Mayilvaganan, M.S. Saraswathi, S. Jeeva) SEED AS AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF DNA FOR MOLECULAR RESEARCH OF INACCESSIBLE WILD MUSA SPECIES (S. Uma, M.S. Saraswathi, D. Anto) USING AN IMPROVED SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS FOR THE CREATION OF CONSTRUCTS TO ANALYSE GENE FUNCTION IN FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. CUBENSE (C.Y. Li, G.J. Yi, S. Chen, Q.M. Sun, C.W. Zuo, B.Z. Huang, Y.R. Wei, Y.H. Huang, Y.L. Wu, L.B. Xu, C.H. Hu) TRANSFORMATION OF THE BANANA CULTIVAR 'NANJANGUD RASBALE' (SYN. 'RASTHALI', AAB, SILK SUBGROUP) WITH THE AMP GENE AND SCREENING FOR FUSARIUM RESISTANCE WITH A BIOASSAY (S. Mohandas, R. Manjula, A.K. Saxena, K.M. Ajay, B. Shakunthala, H.D. Sowmya, S. Meenakshi) EVALUATION AND TISSUE-CULTURE CONSERVATION, MULTIPLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF RARE AND CAROTENOID-RICH FE'I BANANA CULTIVARS IN MICRONESIA (V.M. Verma) MICROPROPAGATION OF MALAYSIAN BANANA CULTIVARS (MUSA SPP.) USING A MODIFIED TWIN FLASK SYSTEM (L.K. Chan, V.H. Au) THE EFFECT OF ETHYL METHANE SULPHOMATE (EMS) AND SODIUM AZIDE (NAN3) ON PLANT REGENERATION CAPACITY OF AN EMBRYOGENIC CELL SUSPENSION OF 'YUEYOUKANG 1' (MUSA, AAA), A BANANA CULTIVAR RESISTANT TO FUSARIUM WILT (C.X. Xu, J. Xiao, J.G. He, G.B. Hu, H.B. Chen) EARLY EVENTS IN THE FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. CUBENSE ¿ MUSA INTERACTION USING GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN-TAGGED RACE 4 (C.Y. Li, G.J. Yi, B.Z. Huang, Y.R. Wei) INCIDENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUSARIUM WILT DISEASE OF BANANA IN INDONESIA (C. Hermanto, A. Sutanto, Jumjunidang, H.S. Edison, J.W. Daniells, W.T. O'Neill, V.G.O. Sinohin, A.B. Molina, P. Taylor) STATUS OF FUSARIUM WILT IN INDIA (M.M. Mustaffa, R. Thangavelu) RAISING AWARENESS OF THE THREAT OF FUSARIUM WILT TROPICAL RACE 4 IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (L.E. Pocasangre, R.C. Ploetz, A.B. Molina, L. Perez Vicente) A DETECTION METHOD FOR TROPICAL RACE 4 OF THE BANANA PATHOGEN FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. CUBENSE (C. Waalwijk, M.A. Dita, I. Buddenhagen, L.V. Paiva, M.T. Souza Jr., G.H.J. Kema) VEGETATIVE COMPATIBILITY GROUP ANALYSIS OF INDONESIAN FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. CUBENSE ISOLATES (W.T. O'Neill, A.B. Pattison, J.W. Daniells, C. Hermanto, A.B. Molina) CROSS INFECTION AND GENETIC DIVERSITY OF FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. CUBENSE, THE CAUSAL AGENT OF FUSARIUM WILT IN BANANA (R. Thangavelu, P. Suganya Devi, P.M. Chrismala, M.M. Mustaffa) GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS IN ROOTS OF MUSA ACUMINATE SSP. BURMANNICOIDES 'CALCUTTA-4', A BANANA GENOTYPE TOLERANT TO FUSARIUM WILT (K.V. Ravishankar, A. Rekha, V. Swarupa, G. Savitha) CHARACTERISATION OF EARLY EVENTS IN BANANA ROOTS INFECTED WITH GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN-TAGGED FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. CUBENSE (X.M. Yin, B.Y. Xu, W. Zheng, Z. Wang, B.Z. Wang, W.H. Ha, H.T. Mao, J.Y. Li, Z.W. Sheng, D.X. Wang, Y.D. He, L.N. Han, S.W. Chen, J.B. Zhang, Y.G. Fu, J.B. Wang, Z.Q. Jin) A GREENHOUSE BIOASSAY FOR THE FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. CUBENSE X 'GRAND NAINE' (MUSA, AAA, CAVENDISH SUBGROUP) INTERACTION (M.A. Dita, C. Waalwijk, L.V. Paiva, M.T. Souza Jr., G.H.J. Kema) DISCRIMINATION OF BANANA GENOTYPES FOR FUSARIUM WILT RESISTANCE IN THE GREENHOUSE (L.R. Ribeiro, E.P. Amorim, Z.J.M. Cordeiro, S. de Oliveira e Silva, M.A. Dita) REACTION OF DIPLOID (AA) AND TETRAPLOID (AAAB) BANANA HYBRIDS TO FUSARIUM WILT UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS (A.P. de Matos, Z.J.M. Cordeiro, S. de Oliveira e Silva, E.P. Amorim, D.M.V. Ferreira) SELECTION OF A NEW SOMACLONE CULTIVAR 'TAI-CHIAO NO. 5' (AAA, CAVENDISH) WITH RESISTANCE TO FUSARIUM WILT OF BANANA IN CHINESE TAIPEI (S.Y. Lee, Y.U. Su, C.S. Chou, C.C. Liu, C.C. Chen, C.P. Chao) COMPARISON OF HOST REACTION TO FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. CUBENSE TROPICAL RACE 4 AND AGRONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF SOMACLONAL VARIANT 'GCTCV-119' (AAA, CAVENDISH) AND 'GRAND NAINE' (AAA, CAVENDISH) IN COMMERCIAL FARMS IN THE PHILIPPINES (A.B. Molina, E.G. Fabregar, R.O. Soquita, V.G.O. Sinohin) COMBATING BANANA WILTS - WHAT DO RESISTANT CULTIVARS HAVE TO OFFER? (J.W. Daniells) FUSARIUM WILT INCIDENCE, GROWTH, YIELD AND POST-HARVEST QUALITY OF BANANA AS AFFECTED BY ORGANIC FARMING IN CHINESE TAIPEI (C.M. Chang, C.P. chao, S.N. Huang, S.C. Chiang) EFFICACY OF CLAY-BASED FORMULATED SERRATIA IN REDUCING INOCULUM OF FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. CUBENSE TROPICAL RACE 4 (A.S.Y. Ting, M.T. Fang, C.S. Tee) IN VITRO MUTATION INDUCTION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF MYCOSPHAERELLA FIJIENSIS RESISTANCE IN TWO BANANA CULTIVARS GROWN IN KENYA (M. Mwangi, S.W. Waudo, E.M. Kahangi) SCREENING MUSA GENOTYPES FOR BANANA BUNCHY TOP DISEASE RESISTANCE IN BURUNDI (C. Niyongere, E. Ateka, T. Losenge, G. Blomme, P. Lepoint) TRANSGENIC BANANA PLANTS RESISTANT TO BANANA BUNCHY TOP VIRUS INFECTION (W. Borth, E. Perez, K. Cheah, Y. Chen, W.S. Xie, D. Gaskill, S. Khalil, D. Sether, M. Melzer, M. Wang, R. Manshardt, D. Gonsalves, J.S. Hu) ENHANCING BANANA CROP MANAGEMENT BY USE OF TISSUE-CULTURE DERIVED PLANTING MATERIAL IN KENYA (J. Njuguna, S. Nguthi, F. Wambugu, D. Gitau, M. Karuoya) VIRUS-INDEXING TECHNOLOGY FOR PRODUCTION OF QUALITY BANANA PLANTING MATERIAL: A BOON TO THE TISSUE-CULTURE INDUSTRY AND BANANA GROWERS IN INDIA (R. Selvarajan, V. Balasubramanian, M.M. Sheeba, R. Raj Mohan, M.M. Mustaffa) MONITORING FUSARIUM WILT IN HAINAN PROVINCE AND PRELIMINARY PATHOGEN CHARACTERISATION (X. Zhang, H. Zhang, Y. Xie, J. Pu, Y. Qi, Y. Lu) BANANA VARIETIES AND FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. CUBENSE IN INDONESIA - OBSERVATIONS FROM FUSARIUM WILT DISEASE DATABASES (J.W. Daniells, W.T. O'Neill, C. Hermanto, R.C. Ploetz) EVALUATION OF SEEDED BANANA TYPES FOR BIOTIC STRESS (M.A. Hasan, R. Ray Chowdhury, M. Manna, K.K. Mandal, D. Majumder, S. Jha) IMPORTANCE OF BLACK LEAF STREAK CONTROL IN 'PISANG BERANGAN' (AAA) IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA (K.H. Then, S. Palaniappan) CR-M: AN IMPORTANT NUCLEOTIDE ACID SEQUENCE TO DISTINGUISH BANANA BUNCHY TOP VIRUS ISOLATES FROM TWO GROUPS (Y.H. Huang, J.W. Zeng, Y.L. Wu, R. Xia, G.J. Yi) INVESTIGATION INTO LOW-COST MEDIUM FOR HARDENING OF IN VITRO BANANA PLANTLETS TO PROMOTE ADOPTION OF DISEASE-FREE PLANTS (B. Jhurree-Dussoruth, H. Kallydin) MICROPROPAGATION OF 'PISANG AWAK' (MUSA, ABB GENOME) AS A MODEL FOR IMPROVING LIVELIHOODS OF RURAL COMMUNITIES IN MALAYSIA (L.K. Chan, V.H. Au, A.A.A. Noor, M. Adnan, P.L. Boey) HARNESSING THE POTENTIAL OF BANANA AND PLANTAIN IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH (H.P. Singh) OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN GENOMICS AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT IN MUSA SPP. (N. Roux, M. Rouard, X.L. Huang, M. Smith) FUSARIUM WILT: THE BANANA DISEASE THAT REFUSES TO GO AWAY (R.C. Ploetz, A.C.L. Churchill)