Background Cultivated bananas and plantains are giant herbaceous plants within the genus
Musa. They are both sterile and parthenocarpic so the fruit develops without seed. The …

Molecular markers and genetic maps are available for most important food crops. Marker‐
trait associations have been established for a diverse array of traits in these crops, and …

Abscisic acid, stress, ripening proteins (ASR) are a family of plant-specific small hydrophilic
proteins. Studies in various plant species have highlighted their role in increased resistance …

WRKY transcription factor proteins play significant roles in plant stress responses. Here, we
report the cloning and characterization of a novel WRKY gene, MusaWRKY71 isolated from …

Cross-breeding of banana and plantain brings new challenges to the genetic improvement
of crops due to the ploidy and high sterility of most popular cultivars. This article provides an …

With the current world population growth of 1.2%, the earth can expect to house 9-10 billion
people by 2050. Food production, too, must increase to accommodate these numbers. Easy …

Genomic selection (GS) in plant breeding is explored as a promising tool to solve the
problems related to the biotic and abiotic threats. Polyploid plants like bananas (Musa spp.) …

Background'Systems-wide'approaches such as microarray RNA-profiling are ideally suited
to the study of the complex overlapping responses of plants to biotic and abiotic stresses …

Banana (Musa spp.), which is one of the world's most popular and most traded fruits, is
highly susceptible to pests and diseases. Pseudocercospora musae, responsible for …

Abstract Background Although banana (Musa sp.) is an important edible crop, contributing
towards poverty alleviation and food security, limited transcriptome datasets are available for …