Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) such as Pratylenchus spp., Helicotylenchus spp., and Radopholus spp. amongst others are a major constraint to sustainable bananas (Musa spp.)...

This procedure allows for assessing pollen viability, compatibility, and fertilization efficiency, essential for improving hybridization success and enhancing hybrid recovery...

This SOP provides detailed procedures for data collection, analysis, and statistical design for hybrid evaluations in the banana breeding program. It ensures data quality,...

This SOP provides detailed procedures for collecting, preparing, quantifying, analyzing, and assessing banana pollen grains in a consistent and reproducible manner that ensures...

This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) provides a comprehensive guide to best practices for land preparation and planting of banana and plantain fields. It aligns with...

This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) provides comprehensive, detailed guidelines for banana harvest activities that include the fruit handling, the data collection and data...

Unlike seed crops, clonally propagated crops are difficult and expensive to conserve. With the rapidly evolving genotyping platforms, it is recommended to conserve leaf samples...

Genotyping involves studying an organism’s genetic makeup based on its DNA. Banana leaves are commonly used for DNA extraction due to their abundance, accessibility, and the...

Genotyping involves studying an organism’s genetic makeup based on its DNA. Banana leaves are commonly used for DNA extraction due to their abundance, accessibility, and the...

Banana/plantain breeding depends on successful controlled hybridization (or open pollinations) resulting in the formation of fertile seeds. However, most banana seeds fail to...

Plant tissue culture involves growing plant cells, tissues, or organs on a sterile growth medium in vitro under controlled conditions of temperature, light, and humidity. An...

The quantification of weevil damage on banana corms is an important task when assessing resistance. In the process of analysing hundreds of samples for weevil damage, there is...

Parasitic nematodes (PPNs) mainly Radopholus spp. also known as burrowing nematodes are a major biotic threat to banana production in most African banana-growing regions...

Banana is a natural multi-ploid crop. Wild bananas are seeded diploids (2x), while banana cultivars are seedless, mostly triploid (3x) and sometimes diploid. Because of the...

The hybrids developed from the different cross combinations undergo a series of trials starting with the early evaluation trial (EET), in which only two replications per...

The hybrids developed from the different cross combinations undergo a series of trials starting with the early evaluation trial (EET), in which only two replications per...

The purpose of this document is to describe the SOPs for banana breeding activities and data management. These activities include crossing, evaluation trial establishment,...

Banana is greatly affected by a bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum (Xvm), that causes banana bacterial wilt.1 It is reported to be the most devastating...

Banana, and especially the cooking type known as East Africa highland banana, is a vital staple food and income crop for over 80 million people in East Africa. However,...

Banana (Musa spp.) is an important staple and source of income for many people in developing countries. Fusarium wilt, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) race 1,...