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- Bio-protective effect of a root-nodulating Rhizobium etli strain in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) against Meloidogyne incognita and Radopholus similis in an in vitro autotrophic tripartite culture system. Nematology. -1:1-9. 2020
- Filling the gaps in gene banks: Collecting, characterizing and phenotyping wild banana relatives of Papua new guinea. Crop Science. 2020
- Significant progressive heterobeltiosis in banana crossbreeding. BMC Plant Biology. 20:489. 2020
- Chromosome Painting in Cultivated Bananas and Their Wild Relatives (Musa spp.) Reveals Differences in Chromosome Structure.. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21:7915. 2020
- Canopy cover evolution, diurnal patterns and leaf area index relationships in a Mchare and Cavendish banana cultivar under different soil moisture regimes. Scientia Horticulturae. 272:109328. 2020
- Ten Year Progression of Musa Breeding from 1987 to 1997: 1. Pollination Success and Seed Production (Fecundity) Patterns among Multiple Ploidy Crosses 2020
- End‐user preferences for plantain food products in Nigeria and implications for genetic improvement. International Journal of Food Science and Technology. 2020
- Challenges for Ex Situ Conservation of Wild Bananas: Seeds Collected in Papua New Guinea Have Variable Levels of Desiccation Tolerance. 2020
- Variability of provitamin A carotenoids in plantain: Influence of cultivar, bunch type, maturation stage, and location. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 94:103636. 2020
- Evaluation of Mchare and Matooke Bananas for Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 1.. PLANTS-BASEL. 9:1082. 2020
- Chromosome painting in cultivated banana and their wild relatives (Musa spp.) reveals differences in chromosome structure. bioRxiv. 2020
- The development of a multiplex PCR assay for the detection of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense lineage VI strains in East and Central Africa. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 158:495-509. 2020
- Impact and Opportunities of Agroecological Intensification Strategies on Farm Performance: A Case Study of Banana-Based Systems in Central and South-Western Uganda 2020
- Antiviral and Cytotoxic Activity of Different Plant Parts of Banana (Musa spp.).. Viruses. 12:549. 2020
- Assessment of metabolic variability and diversity present in leaf, peel and pulp tissue of diploid and triploid Musa spp.. Phytochemistry. 176:112388. 2020
- Antimicrobial Activity of Selected Banana Cultivars Against Important Human Pathogens, Including Candida Biofilm.. Foods. 9:435. 2020
- Unlocking the Microbiome Communities of Banana (Musa spp.) under Disease Stressed (Fusarium wilt) and Non-Stressed Conditions. MICROORGANISMS. 8:443. 2020
- Characterizing fruit ripening in plantain and Cavendish bananas: A proteomics approach.. Journal of Proteomics. 214:103632. 2020
- Metabolite database for root, tuber, and banana crops to facilitate modern breeding in understudied crops. Plant Journal. 101:1258-1268. 2020
- Unravelling the complex story of intergenomic recombination in ABB allotriploid bananas. Annals of Botany. 2020
- Metagenomic Insights of the Root Colonizing Microbiome Associated with Symptomatic and Non-Symptomatic Bananas in Fusarium Wilt Infected Fields.. PLANTS-BASEL. 9:263. 2020
- Banana Biomass Estimation and Yield Forecasting from Non-Destructive Measurements for Two Contrasting Cultivars and Water Regimes. AGRONOMY-BASEL. 10. 2020
- Breeding Climate-Resilient Bananas 2020
- Distribution of Pseudocercospora species causing Sigatoka leaf diseases of banana in Uganda and Tanzania. Plant Pathology. 69:50-59. 2020
- Physiological and Structural Aspects of In Vitro Somatic Embryogenesis in Abies alba Mill. Forests. 11. 2020
- The soil fertility and leaf nutrient status in enset gardens in different altitude zones of the Gamo highlands, Ethiopia and inferences for Xanthomonas wilt prevalence 2019
- Chromosome Painting Facilitates Anchoring Reference Genome Sequence to Chromosomes In Situ and Integrated Karyotyping in Banana (Musa Spp.).. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10:1503. 2019
- Effects of in vitro polyploidization on agronomic characteristics and fruit carotenoid content; implications for banana genetic improvement. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10:1450-1450. 2019
- Unraveling the complex story of intergenomic recombination in ABB allotriploid bananas. bioRxiv. 830059. 2019
- Association genetics of bunch weight and its component traits in East African highland banana ( Musa spp. AAA group). Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 132:3295-3308. 2019
- The cryoprotectant PVS2 plays a crucial role in germinating Passiflora ligularis embryos after cryopreservation by influencing the mobilization of lipids and the antioxidant metabolism.. Journal of Plant Physiology. 239:71-82. 2019
- Variability of carotenoids in a Musa germplasm collection and implications for provitamin A biofortification.. Food Chemistry. 2:100024-100024. 2019
- Effect of paleopolyploidy and allopolyploidy on gene expression in banana.. BMC Genomics. 20:244. 2019
- Using Growth and Transpiration Phenotyping Under Controlled Conditions to Select Water Efficient Banana Genotypes.. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10:352. 2019
- Metabolite profiling characterises chemotypes of Musa diploids and triploids at juvenile and pre-flowering growth stages.. Scientific Reports. 9:4657. 2019
- Crossbreeding East African Highland Bananas: Lessons Learnt Relevant to the Botany of the Crop After 21 Years of Genetic Enhancement.. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10:81. 2019
- Evaluation of banana germplasm and genetic analysis of an F1 population for resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 1.. Euphytica. 215:175. 2019
- Recent advances in banana (musa spp.) biofortification to alleviate vitamin A deficiency.. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 59:3498-3510. 2019
- Sources of resistance in Musa to Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum, the causal agent of banana xanthomonas wilt. Plant Pathology. 68:49-59. 2019
- Molecular and Cytogenetic Study of East African Highland Banana. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9:1371. 2018
- Progress in understanding Pseudocercospora banana pathogens and the development of resistant Musa germplasm. Plant Pathology. 67:759-770. 2018
- The morphological diversity of plantain in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Scientia Horticulturae. 234:126-133. 2018
- Suitability of existing Musa morphological descriptors to characterize East African highland ‘matooke’ bananas. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 65:645-657. 2018
- The Plantain Proteome, a Focus on Allele Specific Proteins Obtained from Plantain Fruits.. Proteomics. 18:1700227. 2018
- Homeolog expression analysis in an allotriploid non-model crop via integration of transcriptomics and proteomics.. Scientific Reports. 8:1353-1353. 2018
- Musabase : A Phenotyping and Breeding Database for Banana 2018
- Responses of cassava growth and yield to leaf harvesting frequency and NPK fertilizer in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Field Crops Research. 214:194-201. 2017
- Pollen Viability and Genetic Diversity of East African Diploid Bananas and Their Impact on International Musa Breeding 2017
- Trait variation and genetic diversity in a banana genomic selection training population. PLOS ONE. 12. 2017
- Molecular and cytological characterization of the global Musa germplasm collection provides insights into the treasure of banana diversity. Biodiversity and Conservation. 26:801-824. 2017
- A genomic view of the banana (Musa spp.) diversification: the case of triploid ABB genome group 2017
- Bananas and Plantains (Musa spp.) 2017
- Characterization of the formation of somatic embryos from mature zygotic embryos of Passiflora ligularis Juss.. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture. 131:97-105. 2017
- Evolutionary dynamics and biogeography of Musaceae reveal a correlation between the diversification of the banana family and the geological and climatic history of Southeast Asia. New Phytologist. 210:1453-1465. 2016
- Differential root transcriptomics in a polyploid non-model crop: the importance of respiration during osmotic stress. Scientific Reports. 6:22583-22583. 2016
- Agro-ecological niche of bacterial wilt (Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum) of enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheessman) in Gamo highlands of Ethiopia 2016
- Bananas: an untapped treasure: in Nestle Foundation 50 Anniversary Report 2015 2016
- Securing Plant Genetic Resources for Perpetuity through Cryopreservation 2016
- Tissue regeneration of Abies embryogenic cell lines after 1 year storage in liquid nitrogen. Biologia. 71:93-99. 2016
- Unravelling the effect of sucrose and cold pretreatment on cryopreservation of potato through sugar analysis and proteomics.. Cryobiology. 71:432-441. 2015
- Cryopreservation of Bituminaria bituminosa varieties and hybrids.. Cryobiology. 71:279-285. 2015
- Molecular and Cytogenetic Characterization of Wild Musa Species.. PLOS ONE. 10. 2015
- Thermal infrared imaging of the temporal variability in stomatal conductance for fruit trees. 2017 9th International Workshop on the Analysis of Multitemporal Remote Sensing Images (MultiTemp). 39:9-17. 2015
- Data for the characterization of the HSP70 family during osmotic stress in banana, a non-model crop. Data in Brief. 3:78-84. 2015
- A look behind the screens: Characterization of the HSP70 family during osmotic stress in a non-model crop. Journal of Proteomics. 119:10-20. 2015
- Transpiration efficiency versus growth: Exploring the banana biodiversity for drought tolerance. Scientia Horticulturae. 185:175-182. 2015
- Improved cryopreservation method for the long-term conservation of the world potato germplasm collection. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture. 120:117-125. 2015
- The Shortwave Infrared Bands? Response to Stomatal Conductance in ?Conference? Pear Trees (Pyrus communis L.) 2015
- Assessment of RNAi-induced silencing in banana (Musa spp.). BMC Research Notes. 7:655-655. 2014
- Changes in sugar content and proteome of potato in response to cold and dehydration stress and their implications for cryopreservation.. Journal of Proteomics. 98:99-111. 2014
- DEVELOPMENT OF A PVS2 DROPLET VITRIFICATION METHOD FOR POTATO CRYOPRESERVATION. Cryo letters. 35:255-266. 2014
- Evaluation of four different strategies to characterize plasma membrane proteins from banana roots. Ciencia E Agrotecnologia. 38:424-434. 2014
- Performance of NARITA banana hybrids in the preliminary yield trial, Uganda 2014
- Phenalenone-type phytoalexins mediate resistance of banana plants (Musa spp.) to the burrowing nematode Radopholus similis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111:105-110. 2014
- Influence of plant density on variability of soil fertility and nutrient budgets in low input East African highland banana (Musa spp. AAA-EA) cropping systems. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 95:187-202. 2013
- Ecological characteristics and cultivar influence optimal plant density of East African highland bananas (Musa spp., AAA-EA) in low input cropping systems. Scientia Horticulturae. 150:299-311. 2013
- Expression of a rice chitinase gene in transgenic banana (‘Gros Michel’, AAA genome group) confers resistance to black leaf streak disease. Transgenic Research. 22:117-130. 2013
- CIALCA interventions for productivity increase of cropping system components in the African Great Lakes zone 2013
- Cold hardening and sucrose treatment improve cryopreservation of date palm meristems 2013
- Ecological characteristics influence farmer selection of on-farm plant density and bunch mass of low input East African highland banana (Musa spp.) cropping systems. Field Crops Research. 135:126-136. 2012
- Selection and validation of reference genes for quantitative RT-PCR expression studies of the non-model crop Musa.. Molecular Breeding. 30:1237-1252. 2012
- Long-term maintenance of Pinus nigra embryogenic cultures through cryopreservation. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum. 34:227-233. 2012
- Challenges and solutions for the identification of membrane proteins in non-model plants.. Journal of Proteomics. 74:1165-1181. 2011
- Physiological interpretation of a hyperspectral time series in a citrus orchard. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 151:1002-1015. 2011
- Structure and regulation of the Asr gene family in banana. Planta. 234:785-798. 2011
- A workflow for peptide-based proteomics in a poorly sequenced plant: A case study on the plasma membrane proteome of banana 2011
- Seasonal variation in canopy reflectance and its application to determine the water status and water use by citrus trees in the Western Cape, South Africa 2011
- Discovery of nucleotide polymorphisms in the Musa gene pool by Ecotilling. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 121:1381-1389. 2010
- Genetic variability in Musa fruit provitamin A carotenoids, lutein and mineral micronutrient contents. Food Chemistry. 115:806-813. 2009
- Sink Competition and Desuckering Effects on Field Performance of Triploid and Tetraploid Plantain Genotypes. Journal of Crop Improvement. 20:31-51. 2007
- Sampling strategies and variability in fruit pulp micronutrients contents of West and Central African bananas and plantains (Musa species). Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry. vol. 55. 2007
- 78. Improvement of potato cryopreservation for the long-term conservation of Andean landraces at the International Potato Center (CIP). Cryobiology. 53:401. 2006
- Comperative growth and yield responses of a false horn and a French plantain(Musa spp., AAB-Group) to plant parasitic nematodes in Southeastern Nigeria 2006
- Influence of crop management practices in two locations on plantain response to plant parasitic nematodes 2006
- Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy in Musa : the African plantains ( Musa spp. AAB group). Plant Systematics and Evolution. 255:225-236. 2005
- Banana and plantain (Musa spp.) growth depends on size and physiological stage of planting material 2005
- Incidence of plant parasitic nematodes on plantain in south eastern Nigeria: West Africa 2005
- Relationship between electrical capacitance and root traits 2004
- Relative mycorrhizal dependency and mycorrhiza-nematode interaction in banana cultivars ( Musa spp.) differing in nematode susceptibility. Plant and Soil. 256:303-313. 2003
- A comparison of the effects of the nematodes Radopholus similis and Pratylenchus goodeyi on growth, root health and yield of an East African highland cooking banana (Musa AAA-group). International Journal of Pest Management. 49:199-204. 2003
- Diploid banana hybrids TMB2x5105-1 and TMB2x9128-3 with good combining ability, resistance to black sigatoka and nematodes 2003
- The acyclic nucleoside phosphonate analogues, adefovir, tenofovir and PMEDAP, efficiently eliminate banana streak virus from banana (Musa spp.). ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH. 59:121-126. 2003
- Ultrastructural changes associated with cryopreservation of banana (Musa spp.) highly proliferating meristems. Plant Cell Reports. 21:690-698. 2003
- Cryopreservation for the elimination of cucumber mosaic and banana streak viruses from banana (Musa spp.). Plant Cell Reports. 20:1117-1122. 2002
- Estimation of root development from shoot traits in plantain and banana (Musa spp.) 2001
- Assessment of variability in the root system characteristics of banana (Musa spp.) according to genome group and ploidy level 2000
- Early assessment of root system development in banana and plantain (Musa spp.) 2000
- Moisture stress during growth affects the breadmaking and gelatinisation properties of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) flour. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 76:233-238. 1998
- Phenotypic Diversity and Patterns of Variation in West and Central African Plantains ( Musa Spp., AAB group Musaceae). Economic Botany. 49:320-327. 1995
- Cryopreservation of germplasm of banana and plantain 1995
- Effect of ploidy on stomatal and other quantitative traits in plantain and banana hybrids. Euphytica. 83:117-122. 1995
- Phenotypic diversity and pattern of variation in West African plantains (Musa spp. AAB group) 1995
- Plantain production in an alley cropping system on an Ultisol in southeastern Nigeria 1995
- Variability in storage potential of banana shoot cultures under medium term storage conditions 1995
- Economic analysis of cut-and-carry, and alley cropping systems of mulch production for plantains in south-eastern Nigeria*. Agroforestry Systems. 26:131-138. 1994
- Development and performance of tetraploid hybrids of plantain (Musa spp., AAB group) with black sigatoka resistance 1994
- Regeneration of plants from protoplasts of Musa species (banana) 1994
- The use of RAPD for identifying and classifying Musa germplasm 1994
- Yield loss in plantain from black sigatoka leaf spot and field performance of resistant hybrids. Field Crops Research. 35:35-42. 1993
- Breeding black sigatoka resistant plantain with a wild banana 1993
- Development and performance of balck sigatoka-resistant tetraploid hybrids of plantain (Musa spp., AAB group). Euphytica. 65:33-42. 1993
- Development and performance of black sigatoka-resistant tetraploid hybrids of plantain (Musa spp., AAB group) 1993
- Genetic improvement of plantains and bananas at IITA 1993
- Plant regeneration through direct somatic embryogenesis from protoplasts of banana (Musa spp.) 1993
- Registration of 14 improved tropical Musa plantain hybrids with black sigatoka resistance 1993
- Effects of mulching on soil properties, growth and yield of plantain on a tropical ultisol in southeastern Nigeria. Soil & Tillage Research. 23:73-93. 1992
- Biotechnological approaches to plantain and banana improvement at IITA 1992
- Physicochemical Studies on Starches Isolated from Plantain Cultivars, Plantain Hybrids and Cooking Bananas. Starch-starke. 44:121-128. 1992
- Aspects of plantain breeding at IITA 1990
- Plantain cultivation under West African conditions: a reference manual 1990
- Tissue culture technology for the improvement of Africa plantains 1990
- Phenotypic variation among in-vitro propagated plantain (Musa sp. cultivar AAB). Scientia Horticulturae. 36:79-88. 1988
- Growth Parameters of Yield of Plantain (Musa cv. AAB). Annals of Botany. 56:197-204. 1985
- Growth parameters of yield of plantain (Musa cv.AAB) 1985
- Etude de 2, influence du paillis sur la production du plantain 1981
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- SSR characterization of the global Musa germplasm collection (ITC) 2017
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- Promising High-Yielding Tetraploid Plantain-Bred Hybrids in West Africa. International Journal of Agronomy. 1-8. 2019
- Genomics-Assisted Breeding in the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB). AGRICULTURE-BASEL. 2018
- From crossbreeding to biotechnology-facilitated improvement of banana and plantain.. Biotechnology Advances. 158-169. 2014