Making the most of 'omics' for crop breeding

P Langridge, D Fleury - Trends in biotechnology, 2011 - cell.com
Adoption of new breeding technologies is likely to underpin future gains in crop productivity.
The rapid advances in 'omics' technologies provide an opportunity to generate new datasets …

From crossbreeding to biotechnology-facilitated improvement of banana and plantain

R Ortiz, R Swennen - Biotechnology Advances, 2014 - Elsevier
The annual harvest of banana and plantain (Musa spp.) is approximately 145 million tons
worldwide. About 85% of this global production comes from small plots and kitchen or …

Multidisciplinary perspectives on banana (Musa spp.) domestication

X Perrier, E De Langhe, M Donohue… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Original multidisciplinary research hereby clarifies the complex geodomestication pathways
that generated the vast range of banana cultivars (cvs). Genetic analyses identify the wild …

The phased telomere-to-telomere reference genome of Musa acuminata, a main contributor to banana cultivars

X Liu, R Arshad, X Wang, WM Li, Y Zhou, XJ Ge… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Musa acuminata is a main wild contributor to banana cultivars. Here, we reported a
haplotype-resolved and telomere-to-telomere reference genome of M. acuminata by …

A draft Musa balbisiana genome sequence for molecular genetics in polyploid, inter- and intra-specific Musa hybrids

MW Davey, R Gudimella, JA Harikrishna, LW Sin… - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Background Modern banana cultivars are primarily interspecific triploid hybrids of two
species, Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana, which respectively contribute the A-and B …

Molecular and cytological characterization of the global Musa germplasm collection provides insights into the treasure of banana diversity

P Christelová, E De Langhe, E Hřibová… - Biodiversity and …, 2017 - Springer
Bananas (Musa spp.) are one of the main fruit crops grown worldwide. With the annual
production reaching 144 million tons, their production represents an important contribution …

Genetic mapping of Fusarium wilt resistance in a wild banana Musa acuminata ssp. malaccensis accession

F Ahmad, NM Martawi, YS Poerba, H De Jong… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2020 - Springer
Banana is an important fruit and food crop, but is threatened by Fusarium wilt, one of the
most devastating soil-borne fungal diseases. Only host resistance facilitates banana …

More genomic resources for less-studied crops

RK Varshney, JC Glaszmann, H Leung… - Trends in …, 2010 - cell.com
Many of the crop species considered to be minor on a global scale, yet are important locally
for food security in the developing world, have remained less-studied crops. Recent years …

Recombination and large structural variations shape interspecific edible bananas genomes

FC Baurens, G Martin, C Hervouet… - Molecular biology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Admixture and polyploidization are major recognized eukaryotic genome evolutionary
processes. Their impacts on genome dynamics vary among systems and are still partially …

East African diploid and triploid bananas: a genetic complex transported from South-East Asia

X Perrier, C Jenny, F Bakry, D Karamura… - Annals of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Besides bananas belonging to the AAA triploid Mutika
subgroup, which predominates in the Great Lakes countries, other AAA triploids as well as …