List price   € 77   Buy this book   This title is available in ActaHort USB-drive, e-Acta, and print format Conveners   I. Van den Bergh, M. Smith, J. Daniells, R. Miller  Editors   I. Van den Bergh, M. Smith, C. Picq  Publication date   22 March 2016  ISBN   978-94-62611-08-5  ISSN   0567-7572 (print)   2406-6168 (electronic)  Number of articles   38  Volumes   1  Place   Brisbane, Australia  Online articles: Understanding the diversity and reproductive biology of banana - for improvement through basic research (S. Uma, K. Arun) An online checklist of banana cultivars (R. Crichton, A. Vezina, I. Van den Bergh) Collecting banana diversity in eastern Indonesia (A. Sutanto, H.S. Edison, F. Nasution, C. Hermanto, J. Cizkova, E. Hribova, J. Dolezel, N. Roux, J.-P. Horry, J.W. Daniells, E. De Langhe) Bananas adrift in time – a case study in the Solomons (J.W. Daniells, G. Sachter-Smith, M. Taylor) On-farm banana (Musa) cultivar diversity status across different altitudes in North and South Kivu provinces of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (W. Ocimati, D. Karamura, C. Sivirihauma, V. Ndungo, E. De Langhe, J. Adheka, B. Dheda, J. Ntamwira, H. Muhindo, P. Ragama, G. Blomme) Genetic diversity study of dessert-type banana cultivars in Mauritius using low-cost SNP discovery technology (B. Jhurree-Dussoruth, J. Jankowicz-Cieslak, B.J. Till) Genetic diversity and population structure of wild banana (Musa balbisiana) populations in Sri Lanka (S.L.D. Jayaweera, W.L.G. Samarasinghe) The field verification activity: a cooperative approach to the management of the global Musa in vitro collection at the International Transit Centre (R. Chase, J. Sardos, M. Ruas, I. Van den houwe, N. Roux, E. Hribova, J. Dolezel) Genotyping the local banana landrace groups of East Africa (D. Karamura, M. Kitavi, M. Nyine, D. Ochola, W. Ocimati, S. Muhangi, D. Talengera, E.B. Karamura) Brief overview of diversity of wild Indian Musaceae (M. Sabu, A. Joe, P.E. Sreejith) Abiotic stress research in crops using -omics approaches: drought stress and banana in the spotlight (E. Kissel, A.C. Vanhove, S. Garcia, B. Panis, M. Rouard, A. Cenci, N. Roux, J. Zorrilla, R. Swennen, S.C. Carpentier) Development of microsatellite markers for genes related to defense responses in Musa acuminata (R.N.G. Miller, F.L. Emediato, O. Silva Jr., R. Togawa) Single gene resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 4 in the wild banana Musa acuminata subsp. malaccensis (S. Fraser-Smith, E. Czislowski, A. Daly, R. Meldrum, S. Hamill, M. Smith, E.A.B. Aitken) Identifying pathogenicity genes in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (E. Czislowski, S. Fraser-Smith, M. Zander, E.A.B. Aitken) Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 in African bananas (A.B. Molina, V.O. Sinohin, E.G. Fabregar, E.B. Ramillete, G. Yi, O. Sheng, D. Karamura, I. Van den Bergh, A. Viljoen) Identification of Mycosphaerella eumusae responsive unique genes/transcripts from a resistant banana cultivar (S. Uma, S. Backiyarani, A.S. Saravanakumar, A. Chandrasekar, R. Thangavelu, M.S. Saraswathi) Genome and transcriptome-wide analysis of WRKY transcription factors for Pratylenchus coffeae resistance in banana (S. Backiyarani, K. Raja, S. Uma, A. Chandrasekar, M.S. Saraswathi, P. Sundraraju, M. Mayilvaganan) The banana salt stress transcriptome: large and small RNA expression in stressed banana (J.A. Harikrishna, W.S. Lee, R. Gudimella, N. Khalid, M.W. Davey) Histological characterization of banana (Musa spp.) genotypes submitted to water deficit (C.F. Meira, L.A. Mattos-Moreira, F.M. Martins, C.A.S. Ledo, E.P. Amorim, M.A. Coelho Filho, C.F. Ferreira) Altitude effect on plantain growth and yield during four production cycles in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (C. Sivirihauma, G. Blomme, W. Ocimati, L. Vutseme, I. Sikyolo, K. Valimuzigha, E. De Langhe, D.W. Turner) Gene expression and proteome analysis during the Musa acuminata-Mycosphaerella musicola interaction (R.N.G. Miller, M.A.N. Passos, F.L. Emediato, V.O. Cruz, O. Silva Jr., O.L. Franco, N.G. Oliveira-Junior) Effects of genotype and intercropping with Chinese chives (Allium tuberosum) on Fusarium wilt tropical race 4 in banana (H. Nadarajah, S. Sreeramanan, L. Zakaria) An overview of genetic resources of banana resistant to Sigatoka leaf spots in Kerala, India (R. Menon, A.K. Cherian, P. Patil) Advances in genomics: applications to banana breeding (F. Bakry, J.-P. Horry) Suppression of the ubiquitin E2 gene through RNA interference causes mortality in the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (W. Ocimati, A. Kiggundu, A. Bailey, C.L. Niblett, H. Pedun, A.F. Tazuba, W.K. Tushemereirwe, E.B. Karamura) Publication of the results of the International Musa Testing Programme, Phase III (IMTP III) (R. Crichton, I. Van den Bergh) Advances in banana transformation through Agrobacterium tumefaciens in Ecuador: progress, challenges and perspectives (E. Santos, E. Sánchez, L. Hidalgo, T. Chávez, L. Villao, R. Pacheco, J. Flores, S. Korneva, O. Navarrete) Expression of MADS genes in harvested banana fruit in relation to finger drop (O. Hubert, G. Piral, D. Mbéguié-A-Mbéguié, C. Galas, F.C. Baurens) Role of plant growth regulators on shoot development of shoot apical meristems of banana genotypes (T.H. Tran, T.V. Bui, T.Y. Feng) The role of auxin and cytokinin on somatic embryogenesis from cell suspension cultures of the banana cultivar 'Cau Man' (T.H. Tran, T.V. Bui, T.Y. Feng) Field resistance of Cavendish somaclonal variants and local banana cultivars to tropical race 4 of Fusarium wilt in the Philippines (A.B. Molina, V.O. Sinohin, E.G. Fabregar, E.B. Ramillete, M.M. Loayan, C.P. Chao) The performance of East African highland bananas released in farmers' fields and the need for their further improvement (J. Kubiriba, R.T. Ssali, A. Barekye, K. Akankwasa, W.K. Tushemereirwe, M. Batte, E.B. Karamura, D. Karamura) Introduced banana hybrids in Africa: seed systems, farmers' experiences and consumers' perspectives (E.B. Karamura, W. Tinzaara, E. Kikulwe, D. Ochola, W. Ocimati, D. Karamura) Banana agronomy – can unravelling the Musa genome help? (D.W. Turner, J.A. Fortescue, J.W. Daniells) Potential of Trichoderma asperellum for biocontrol of Fusarium wilt in banana (N.P. Chaves, C. Staver, M.A. Dita) The banana Xanthomonas wilt epidemic in east and central Africa: current research and development efforts (W. Tinzaara, E.B. Karamura, J. Kubiriba, D. Ochola, W. Ocimati, G. Blomme, F. Ssekiwoko) Farm practices to manage the impact of severe tropical cyclone damage on banana production - a case study from tropical Australia (S. Lindsay) Organic bananas in Sudan: challenges and opportunities for developing export chains (J.W.H. van der Waal, J. Clercx, G. Gutiérrez González, B. Elhassan, S. Babiker, M. Bolton)