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Transgenic Technologies for Bacterial Wilt Resistance

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Banana: Genomics and Transgenic Approaches for Genetic Improvement

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Banana production is severely affected by bacterial diseases jeopardizing the food security of millions of inhabitants in countries where farmers depend upon banana as staple food. Bacterial diseases like Xanthomonas wilt, Moko, blood, and Bugtok are the most important diseases threatening banana cultivation in several tropical and subtropical countries. Genetic improvement of banana through classical breeding is difficult due to the lack of resistant germplasm, sterile nature, and long generation time. Transgenic technology can complement classical breeding for developing bacterial disease-resistant varieties. Some success has been achieved for developing host plant resistance in order to control banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) disease. Currently, the transgenic bananas expressing either sweet pepper Pflp or Hrap gene are under evaluation for resistance to Xanthomonas wilt disease in field trials in Uganda. Management of bacterial diseases through cultural practices like removal of male buds and use of pathogen-free seed material and disinfected cutting tools can contain outbreak of diseases although these are not absolute solutions for control of bacterial diseases. In this chapter, we have discussed various management practices as well as existing transgenic technologies to control bacterial diseases of banana.

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The authors would like to thank US Agency for International Development (USAID) for financial support of BXW research. We acknowledge Academia Sinica, Taiwan, and the University of California, Davis, for providing gene constructs. We also acknowledge African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) for negotiating license of Pflp and Hrap genes from Academia Sinica and for sublicensing the genes to International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA).

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Tripathi, L., Tripathi, J.N., Kubiriba, J. (2016). Transgenic Technologies for Bacterial Wilt Resistance. In: Mohandas, S., Ravishankar, K. (eds) Banana: Genomics and Transgenic Approaches for Genetic Improvement. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1585-4_13

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