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Abstracts Home Research in Genetic Improvement of Banana

Development and promotion of banana genotypes with resistance to weevils, black sigatoka, nematodes and bacterial wilt

W.K. Tushemereirwe, D. Gahakwa, M. Batte, T. Ssali, P. Namanya, M. Pillay, D. Talengera

National Agricultural Research Organisation -Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute, Uganda

Towards improvement of Musa AAA-EA highland banana through biotechnology approaches

P. Namanya, D. Gahakwa, G. Arinaitwe, J. Ajambo, W.K. Tushemereirwe

National Agricultural Research Organisation -Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute, Uganda

Poverty reduction through introduction of tissue-cultured banana in central Kenya

E. Kahangi, C. Mwathi, J. Mbugua

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agric. & Technology -Nairobi, Kenya

Prevalence of banana streak badnavirus in Kenya

A. Wangai, L. Karanja, J. Ndung’u, E. Kimani, S. Kilonzo, F. Nguthi

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute / National Plant Breeding Research Centre - Njoro, Kenya

Monocot transformation for production of novel proteins and varietal improvement

R.K. Chikwamba

University of Pretoria/CSIR -Dept of Botany, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute FABI, South Africa

Strategies for transgenic disease resistance in banana

J. Dale, B. Dugdale, M. Webb, D. Becker, H. Khanna, S. Peraza-Echeverria, K. Taylor, J. Kleidon, M. Dickman, R. Harding

Science Research Centre -Queensland University of Technology, Australia

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