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Using Genetic Engineering Techniques to Develop Banana Cultivars With Fusarium Wilt Resistance and Ideal Plant Architecture

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Bananas (Musa spp.) are an important fruit crop worldwide. The fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), which causes Fusarium wilt, is widely regarded as one of the most damaging plant diseases.
Xiaoyi Wang, Renbo Yu, Jingyang Li
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Transgene‐Free, Gene‐Edited Cavendish Bananas (Musa acuminata, AAA)

Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global consumer acceptance of gene‐edited food crops is increasing with new breeding technologies that can modify the genome without foreign DNA integration. Here, we report an Agrobacterium‐based system for transgene‐free, gene editing of the banana cultivar, Cavendish.
Maiko Kato, Jen Kleidon, Amba Phillips, Alexandra Tabrett, Robert Harding, James Dale, Jean‐Yves Paul   +6 more
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A MaERF110‐MaMYB308 Transcriptional Module Negatively Regulates Lignin‐Mediated Defence Against Fusarium Wilt in Banana

Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB), caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), threatens global banana production. Lignin reinforces cell walls against pathogens and lodging, yet its regulatory mechanisms in banana remain elusive. Through genome‐wide association study (GWAS) of lignin content across 184 banana accessions, we identified ...
Yuqi Li, Yulin Hu, Weijun Xiao, Liu Yan, Junting Feng, Miaomiao Cao, Yanlin Si, Jinhan Lyu, Yankun Zhao, Kai Li, Yongzan Wei, Huigang Hu, Wei Li, Peitao Lü, Wei Wang, Zhenhai Han, Jianghui Xie   +16 more
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Host‐Induced Silencing of Rhizoctonia Solani 5‐Enolpyruvylshikimate‐3‐Phosphate Synthase Impairs Its Virulence in Rice

Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sheath blight disease of rice caused by the fungal pathogen R. solani AG1‐IA remains a big threat to rice production worldwide. A limited genetic variation in rice for tolerance to this pathogen and little success in understanding how it defeats host defence are major reasons behind it.
Vinod Kumar, Apoorva Prasad, Akshita Goel, Vijay Kumar Sharma, Jagjeet Singh Lore, Arun Kumar   +5 more
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Parasexual recombination in the banana-wilt fusarium

Transactions of the British Mycological Society, 1962
Three strains of F. oxysporum capable of wilting the banana cultivar ‘Gros Michel’ (Musa-AAA group) were irradiated with ultraviolet light to produce genetic markers that allowed them to be identified in culture by nutritional deficiencies. Heterokaryons that formed between the strains produced a few prototrophic spores with wild-type growth rates when
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A Systematic Approach to Field Testing of Biological Products for Horticulture Is Required to Improve Food Security

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Food security challenges require immediate action to increase food production. Many biological products derived from plant, animal or microbial sources claim they sustainably increase yield, but there are concerns about biosecurity to be investigated before their introduction to the field.
Kay Howard, Kirsty L. Bayliss
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The “Pesticide Chip”: Chemical Legacies and Agrarian Futures in Costa Rica

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, 2026.
Abstract For decades, agro‐industrial capital has adopted cascading chemical and biotechnical interventions, or fixes, to secure accumulation through the cultivation of monocrops. We develop a framework that centres on how monocrop‐induced susceptibility to pests and pathogens—and the patchwork of fixes to address these—produces uneven chemical ...
Soledad Castro‐Vargas, Marion Werner
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Evaluation of the Control Efficacy of Biocontrol Agents Combined with Hymexazol Against Banana Fusarium Wilt in Substrate Culture

Guangdong nongye kexue
【Objective】This study aims to evaluate the control efficacy of biocontrol agents combined with hymexazol against banana Fusarium wilt in substrate cultivation, in order to provide a theoretical basis for preventing pathogen infection and transmission ...
Changcong LIANG, Yongquan TA, Jun WANG, Lijia GUO, You ZHOU, Yang YANG, Junsheng HUANG, Laying YANG   +7 more
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Have the environmental benefits of insect farming been overstated? A critical review

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 1, Page 163-194, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Insect farming is frequently promoted as a sustainable food solution, yet current evidence challenges many environmental benefits claimed by industry proponents. This review critically examines the scientific foundation for assessing the environmental impacts of insect farming in both human food and animal feed applications.
Corentin Biteau, Tom Bry‐Chevalier, Dustin Crummett, Katrina Loewy, Ren Ryba, Michael St. Jules   +5 more
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Image-based quantification of Fusarium wilt severity in banana [PDF]

Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 2019
The severity of Fusarium wilt of bananas has long been classified based on visual assessment of necrosis in rhizome or pseudostem cross-sections. The improved method proposed here uses digital image analysis to quantify the proportion of rhizome tissue that is necrotic.
Ryan Orr, Anthony Pattison, David East, Noeleen Warman, Wayne O’Neill, Elizabeth Czislowski, Paul N. Nelson   +6 more
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