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Kannan, G.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Thangavelu, R.; Kumar, P.S.; Bathrinath, M.; Uma, S.; Backiyarani, S.; Chandrasekar, A.; Ganapathi, T.R.;
Planta, 2022 | Peer Reviewed
Race 1 of Fusarium wilt is a serious threat to Musa spp. cv.Rasthali (AAB, Silk subgroup) which is a choice variety traditionally grown in most of the south East Asian countries. Resistant gene introgression into susceptible varieties through conventional breeding has several limitations and theShow full abstract
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Thangavelu, R.; Edwinraj, E.; Gopi, M.; Pushpakanth, P.; Sharmila, K.; Prabaharan, M.; Loganathan, M.; Uma, S.;
Journal of Fungi, 2022 | Peer Reviewed
Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), is the most lethal soil-borne fungal pathogen infecting bananas. Foc race 1 (R1) and 4 (R4) are the two most predominant races affecting the economically important Cavendish group of bananas in India. A total of seven vegetativeShow full abstract
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Backiyarani, S.; Anuradha, C.; Uma, S.
In: Kole, C. (ed.). Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistant Fruit Crops.
Springer, 2022
Banana and plantains provide nutrition and food security and are the most important traded fruits with export value higher than any other fruit crops. The commercial cultivars are highly vulnerable to various biotic stresses owing to mono-culturing and evolving of newShow full abstract
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Backiyarani, S.; Anuradha, C.; Thangavelu, R.; Chandrasekar, A.; Renganathan, B.; Subeshkumar, P.; Giribabu, P.; Muthusamy, M.; Uma, S.;
3 Biotech, 2022 | Peer Reviewed
Expansin, a cell wall-modifying gene family, has been well characterized and its role in biotic and abiotic stress resistance has been proven in many monocots, but not yet studied in banana, a unique model crop. Banana is one of the staple food crops in developing countries and its production isShow full abstract
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Kavitha, N.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Kannan, G.; Bathrinath, M.; Backiyarani, S.; Uma, S.;
Scientia Horticulturae, 2021 | Peer Reviewed
Musa spp. variety Udhayam (Pisang Awak, ABB) is the first high yielding selection from ICAR-NRCB, Trichy released during 2005. The demand for quality planting material shows an increasing trend because of its higher yield (40%) than the local Karpuravalli. But this variety is highly recalcitrantShow full abstract
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Devarajan, R.; Jayaraman, J.K.; Somasundaram, S.M.; Ragupathy, S.; Raman, P.; Sathiamoorthy, K.; Uma, S.;
Food Chemistry, 2021 | Peer Reviewed
Evaluation of 100 Indian Musa accessions (IMA) for nine elements in their fresh fruit pulp (FFP) revealed genetic variability of 4.7-fold for K & Mg to 111.1-fold for Ca but, only with either highly or moderately positively skewed distribution. The descending order of mineral concentrations (MC)Show full abstract
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Velavan, V.; Padmanaban, B.; Loganathan, M.; Baskar, N.S.; Uma, S.;
Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2021 | Peer Reviewed
Background: Banana fruit scarring beetle (BFSB), Basilepta subcostata (Jac.) (Chrysomelidae:Coleoptera), is an important insect pest feeds on leaf and fingers, which affects the cosmetic value of the fruit. The pest is distributed in Assam, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, and North-eastern HillShow full abstract
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Loganathan, M.; Thangavelu, R.; Pushpakanth, P.; Muthubharathi, K.; Ramesh, R.; Selvarajan, R.; Uma, S.;
Plant Disease, 2021 | Peer Reviewed
Rhizome rot or soft rot disease is one of the major problems in banana (Musa spp.) cultivation, as it causes germination failure and death of early stage plants. A roving survey conducted during 2017 to 2019 in the major banana growing states of India indicated a 5-30% incidence of rhizome rot inShow full abstract
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Uma, S.; Karthic, R.; Kalpana, S.; Backiyarani, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.;
Scientific Reports, 2021 | Peer Reviewed
Musa sp. cultivar Rasthali (Silk AAB) is a choice variety of the Asian sub-continent. Its production and sustenance are threatened by Fusarium wilt, which affects the livelihoods of small and marginal farmers. The use of quality planting material is one of the strategies to manage the disease.Show full abstract
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Uma, S.; Kumaravel, M.; Backiyarani, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Durai, P.; Karthic, R.;
Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2021 | Peer Reviewed
Somatic embryogenesis is an important tool for crop improvement through transgenic approach and even for gene editing. It has been hypothesized regularly for large-scale propagation of banana which necessitates basic data on genetic fidelity and field performance of the plants towards ensure theShow full abstract
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Jeyabaskaran, K.J.; Pitchaimuthu, R.; Kumar, V.; Uma, S.;
Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 2021 | Peer Reviewed
A field experiment was conducted to assess the nutrients uptake pattern and partitioning of nutrient in banana cv. Rasthali (AAB) at critical growth stages like 10-leaf stage, 20-leaf stage, shooting stage and harvesting stage. From 10-leaf stage to harvesting, the per cent dry matter (DM)Show full abstract
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Thangavelu, R.; Esack, E.R.; Gopi, M.; Murugan, L.; Pushpakanth, P.; Marimuthu, N.; Prabaharan, M.; Sharmila, K.; Sasikala, R.; Uma, S.;
Journal of Fungi, 2021 | Peer Reviewed
Fusarium wilt is caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) and is the most serious disease affecting bananas (Musa spp.). The fungus is classified into Foc race 1 (R1), Foc race 2, and Foc race 4 based on host specificity. As the rate of spread and the ranges of the devastationShow full abstract
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Thangavelu, R.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Uma, S.; Loganathan, M.; Backiyarani, S.; Durai, P.; Raj, E.E.; Marimuthu, N.; Kannan, G.; Swennen, R.;
Scientific Reports, 2021 | Peer Reviewed
Bananas are vital for food security in many countries, and half of banana production relies solely on 'Cavendish' (AAA), which is presently threatened by the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) tropical race 4. This particular virulent Foc strain was also found to attackShow full abstract
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Backiyarani, S.; Uma, S.; Saranya, S.; Durai, P.; Eugin Perianayagaraj, S.; Selvaraj, V.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Karthic, R.; Kalpana, S.;
Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2021 | Peer Reviewed
The presence of residual female fertility in most of the parthenocarpic banana accessions encourages the banana breeder to develop new hybrids through conventional breeding. Desirable trait can be fixed in the first generation of hybrid progenies, but the evaluation of these hybrids in field is theShow full abstract
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Kumaravel, M., Backiyarani, S., Saraswathi, M.S., Arun, K., Uma, S.
In: Acta Horticulturae 1272
XI International Symposium on Banana: ISHS-ProMusa Symposium on Growing and Marketing Banana under Subtropical Conditions, Istanbul, Turkey, 12-16 August 2018
ISHS, 2020
Somatic embryogenesis (SE) is a high-throughput technique for the large-scale production of quality planting material, genetic transformation and mutation breeding. Although SE is well reported in selected banana cultivars, most of the commercial cultivars are recalcitrant for SE. In order toShow full abstract
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Kavitha, N., Saraswathi, M.S., Sajith, K.P., Bathrinath, M., Kannan, G., Backiyarani, S., Uma, S.
In: Acta Horticulturae 1272
XI International Symposium on Banana: ISHS-ProMusa Symposium on Growing and Marketing Banana under Subtropical Conditions, Istanbul, Turkey, 12-16 August 2018
ISHS, 2020
The present study confirms that immature male floral hands can efficiently be used for mass propagation of banana with minimal risk of contamination, as compared to shoot tips which are commonly employed by tissue culture companies toward the production of disease-free quality planting material. InShow full abstract
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Kumaravel, M.; Uma, S.; Backiyarani, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.;
Scientific Reports, 2020 | Peer Reviewed
Somatic embryos are comparable to their zygotic counterparts for morphological traits but are derived from somatic cells through various metabolic regulations, collectively referred as somatic embryogenesis (SE). It has been well exploited for germplasm conservation, genetic engineering, mutationShow full abstract
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Padmanaban, B.; Kannan, M.; Thangavelu, R.; Uma, S.; Backiyarani, S.; Ashif, K.K.;
Indian Journal of Entomology, 2020 | Peer Reviewed
In the present study, a field and in vitro screening approaches were followed to identify the resistant Musa accessions (n=310) against banana corm weevil Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar). The corm was crosssectioned and the tunnels (galleries) made by the grub were recorded. Based on the ratio ofShow full abstract
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Selvarajan, R.; Balasubramanian, V.; Priyanka, P.; Jebakumar, R.M.; Selvam, K.P.; Uma, S.;
European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2020 | Peer Reviewed
Banana bract mosaic virus (BBrMV) is a serious constraint in Musa spp. and Musa textilis causing enormous economic losses to growers. The distribution of the virus in various parts of the seeds, flower and leaf tissues of seedlings from banana plants of a synthetic diploid, H-201, naturallyShow full abstract
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Vignesh Kumar, B.; Backiyarani, S.; Chandrasekar, A.; Saranya, S.; Ramajayam, D.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Durai, P.; Kalpana, S.; Uma, S.;
Database, 2020 | Peer Reviewed
Improvement of edible bananas (a triploid and sterile crop) through conventional breeding is a challenging task owing to its recalcitrant nature for seed set, prolonged crop duration. In addition, the need of huge man power at different stages of progeny development and evaluation often leads toShow full abstract
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Saraswathi, M.S.; Uma, S.; Ramaraj, S.; Durai, P.; Mustaffa, M.M.; Kalaiponmani, K.; Chandrasekar, A.;
Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2020 | Peer Reviewed
In the present investigation, the insertional polymorphisms of retro-elements were studied in the Musa germplasm available at ICAR-NRCB field gene bank using IRAP markers. The maximum number of polymorphic bands were produced by the primer pair Nikita and LTR 6150 (48) followed by LTR 6149 and 3′Show full abstract
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Thangavelu, R.; Gopi, M.; Pushpakanth, P.; Loganathan, M.; Edwin Raj, E.; Marimuthu, N.; Prabakaran, M.; Uma, S.;
Plant Disease, 2020 | Peer Reviewed
Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) is the most devastating disease affecting commercial and subsistence cultivation of banana (Musa spp.) worldwide. Generally, the Cavendish bananas are resistant to Foc race 1 (R1) that destroyed cultivar Gros Michel (AAA) andShow full abstract
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Paul, P.; Das, S.C.; Saha, S.; Uma, S.;
Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 2020
The present experiments was conducted to study the population dynamics and damage potential of banana leaf and fruit scarring beetle, Basilepta subcostatum Jacoby on eight local and wild banana genotypes like Shabri (AAB), Mizo-Cavendish (AAA), Katch Kela (ABB), Champa (AAB), Gopi (ABB), Attia KelaShow full abstract
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Thangavelu, R.; Arthee, R.; Loganathan, M.; Uma, S.;
International Journal of Innovative Horticulture, 2019
Banana cultivation all over the world is currently facing an unimaginable threat from a newer much virulent strain of the Fusarium wilt pathogen termed Foc Tropical race 4 (Foc TR4). While the torment and recovery from the massive destruction of Gros Michel plantations by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.Show full abstract
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Loganathan, M.; Thangavelu, R.; Padmanaban, B.; Uma, S.;
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 2019
Rhizome rot and pseudostem rot diseases of banana are caused by bacterial pathogens mainly of Pectobacterium carotovorum or Dickeya chrysanthemi individually or together and D. paradisiaca respectively. The bacterial rot diseases are reported to cause 40-70% incidence in severely infected fieldsShow full abstract
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Muthusamy, M.; Uma, S.; Suthanthiram, B.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Chandrasekar, A.;
Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2019 | Peer Reviewed
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are important regulators of gene expression in plant response to biotic and abiotic stresses. The participation of lncRNAs in plant disease resistance in bananas is largely unknown. Therefore, we attempted to identify novel lncRNAs responsive to Mycosphaerella eumusae,Show full abstract
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Uma, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Durai, P.
In: Rajasekharan, P.E. (ed.), Ramanatha Rao, V. (ed.). Conservation and Utilization of Horticultural Genetic Resources.
Springer, 2019
Banana is a nature's gift to the mankind with four times protein, twice carbohydrates, three times phosphorus, five times vitamin A and iron, many times potassium and twice other vitamins and minerals compared to apple. It is under cultivation in more than 120 countries across the globe. It isShow full abstract
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Palanichamy, S.; Padmanaban, B.; Vaganan, M.M.; Uma, S.;
Current Science, 2019 | Peer Reviewed
Laboratory bioassays were conducted using an electroantennogram (EAG) and Y-tube olfactometer to study the electrophysiological and olfactory responses of banana pseudostem weevil (BSW), Odoiporus longicollis to its aggregation pheromone, 2-methyl-4- heptanol (2M4H) and host plant extract (HPE).Show full abstract
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Backiyarani, S.; Chandrasekar, A.; Uma, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.;
Journal of Biosciences, 2019 | Peer Reviewed
Availability of transcriptome datasets for use in accelerated molecular-based breeding in Musa species is limited. Illumina Hiseq technology was employed to determine differential gene expression between the contrasting cultivars for three different stresses (Eumusae leaf spot -MycosphaerellaShow full abstract
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Kumar, P.S.; Saravanan, A.; Sheeba, N.; Uma, S.;
LWT - Food Science and Technology, 2019 | Peer Reviewed
Banana and plantain offer larger scope in the preparation of designer foods with enriched functional constituents. The study was targeted to investigate the functional and structural differences between different genome groups of banana and its influence on functional characteristics and chemicalShow full abstract
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Marimuthu, K.; Uma, S.; Backiyarani,, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Gandhi, K.; Chandrasekar, A.;
International Journal of Innovative Horticulture, 2019
Germination of somatic embryos (se) is an important event in a whole somatic embryogenesis (SE) process. Though the well matured somatic embryos of banana were placed on the germination medium with complete contact only 50% of the somatic embryos were germinated into plantlets having either shoots,Show full abstract
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Jeyabaskaran, K.J.; Kumar, V.; Uma, S.;
International Journal of Innovative Horticulture, 2019
India produces 30 million tons of banana from 8 lakh hectares, annually. It is estimated that India has to produce 50 million tons of banana to meet out the domestic and export needs for banana, in 2030 AD. Banana production systems at the current level of yields are not found to be sustainable, inShow full abstract
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Palanichamy, S.; Padmanaban, B.; Vaganan, M.M.; Uma, S.;
Indian Journal of Entomology, 2019 | Peer Reviewed
Banana pseudostem weevil Odoiporus longicollis Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is an important pest of banana. In this study, its male produced aggregation pheromone was identified as 2-methy-4-heptanol (2M4H) which attracts both male and female. In order to achieve maximum attraction for fieldShow full abstract
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Muthusamy, M.; Uma, S.; Backiyarani, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Chandrasekar, A.;
Current Analysis on Biotechnology, 2018
Splice variants have major impact in plant response to drought stress. Alternative splicing a major post-transcriptional modification and its differential sensitivity to drought stress is of paramount importance to resolve complex molecular response of drought stress and to develop drought-Show full abstract
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Thirugnanavel, A.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Backiyarani, S.; Uma, S.; Durai, P.; Vignesh Kumar, B.;
Current Horticulture, 2018
The studies were carried out to evaluate five wild banana (Musa spp.) and three hybrids for morphological characters and their suitability of ornamental value based on 12 quantitative and 6 qualitative traits at NRC for Banana, Tiruchirappalli, during 2016-17. The results showed that all the eightShow full abstract
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Jeyabaskaran, K.J.; Pitchaimuthu, R.; Uma, S.;
Indian Journal of Horticulture, 2018 | Peer Reviewed
A field experiment was conducted to assess the nutrient uptake pattern and partitioning of nutrients in Ney Poovan banana (AB) at critical growth stages like 10-leaf stage, 20-leaf stage, shooting stage and harvesting stage. From 10-leaf stage to harvesting, the per cent dry matter (DM)Show full abstract
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Muthusamy, M.; Uma, S.; Backiyarani, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Chandrasekar, A.;
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016 | Peer Reviewed
In banana, drought responsive gene expression profiles of drought-tolerant and sensitive genotypes remain largely unexplored. In this research, the transcriptome of drought-tolerant banana cultivar (Saba, ABB genome) and sensitive cultivar (Grand Naine, AAA genome) was monitored using mRNA-SeqShow full abstract
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Uma, S., Backiyarani, S., Saravanakumar, A.S., Chandrasekar, A., Thangavelu, R., Saraswathi, M.S.
In: Acta Horticulturae 1114
IX International Symposium on Banana: ISHS-ProMusa Symposium on Unravelling the Banana's Genomic Potential, Brisbane, Australia 17-22 August 2014
ISHS, 2016
Next generation sequencing was performed using an Illumina Hiseq platform in leaf cDNA libraries of unchallenged and Mycosphaerella eumusae challenged plants of banana cultivars with contrasting reactions to the leaf fungus, resistant 'Manoranjitham' (AAA genome, unique) and susceptible 'GrandShow full abstract
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Backiyarani, S., Raja, K., Uma, S., Chandrasekar, A., Saraswathi, M.S., Sundraraju, P., Vaganan, M.M.
In: Acta Horticulturae 1114
IX International Symposium on Banana: ISHS-ProMusa Symposium on Unravelling the Banana's Genomic Potential, Brisbane, Australia 17-22 August 2014
ISHS, 2016
Plant WRKY transcription factors (WRKY TFs) have a long evolutionary history and are involved in the regulation of various physiological processes, such as development, senescence and in-plant response to many biotic and abiotic stresses. To understand the role of WRKY TFs during a Musa-Show full abstract
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Uma, S., Arun, K.
In: Acta Horticulturae 1114
IX International Symposium on Banana: ISHS-ProMusa Symposium on Unravelling the Banana's Genomic Potential, Brisbane, Australia 17-22 August 2014
ISHS, 2016
Success in banana breeding and hybrid development has remained elusive in spite of broad diversity for fertility status. Although key factors, including ploidy, diverse genomic constitution, and male and/or female sterility, have been studied, the basic research to understand their reproductiveShow full abstract
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Saravanakkumar, A.S.; Uma, S.; Thangavelu, R.; Backiyarani, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Sriram, V.;
Turkish Journal of Botany, 2016 | Peer Reviewed
Eumusae leaf spot disease, caused by Mycosphaerella eumusae, is widely distributed in different banana growing countries in Asia and Africa, causing severe losses in yield and quality of banana. The aim of this study was to identify the differentially expressed defense responsive genes throughShow full abstract
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Saraswathi, M.S.; Kannan, G.; Uma, S.; Thangavelu, R.; Backiyarani, S.;
Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 2016 | Peer Reviewed
Shoot tips and in vitro grown proliferating buds of banana cv. Rasthali (Silk, AAB) were treated with various concentrations and durations of chemical mutagens viz., EMS, NaN3 and DES. LD50 for shoot tips based on 50% reduction in fresh weight was determined as 2% for 3 h, 0.02% for 5 h and 0.15%Show full abstract
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Saraswathi, M.S.; Uma, S.; Kannan, G.; Selvasumathi, M.; Mustaffa, M.M.; Backiyarani, S.;
The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology, 2016 | Peer Reviewed
Cost-effective tissue culture protocols have been established for the commercial multiplication of three banana varieties, 'Rasthali' (AAB - Silk), 'Grand Naine' (AAA - Cavendish), and 'Udhayam' (ABB - Pisang Awak). Reverse osmosis water and 3% (w/v) table sugar were used as the low-cost water andShow full abstract
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Muthusamy, M.; Uma, S.; Backiyarani, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.;
Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2015 | Peer Reviewed
Long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) are one of the many layers of transcription in higher plants. LncRNAs are responsive to biotic and abiotic stresses and regulate genes. In our study, we have identified 905 novel lncRNAs from 8471 drought-responsive, novel transcripts of RNA-Seq reads from two bananaShow full abstract
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Backiyarani, S.; Uma, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Saravanakumar, A.S.; Chandrasekar, A.;
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 2015 | Peer Reviewed
Banana (Musa spp.) is an important tropical fruit with high commercial potential. Musa balbisiana (B genome) is a progenitor of one of the most cultivated banana species and exhibits unique traits, including resistance or tolerance to many biotic and abiotic stresses. RNA sequencing of the Musa BShow full abstract
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Backiyarani, S.; Uma, S.; Nithya, S.; Chandrasekar, A.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Thangavelu, R.; Vaganan, M.M.; Sundararaju, P.; Singh, N.K.;
Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2015 | Peer Reviewed
Knowledge on structure and conserved domain of Musa chitinase isoforms and their responses to various biotic stresses will give a lead to select the suitable chitinase isoform for developing biotic stress-resistant genotypes. Hence, in this study, chitinase sequences available in the Musa genomeShow full abstract
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Muthusamy, M.; Uma, S.; Backiyarani, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.;
Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology, 2014 | Peer Reviewed
Soil moisture deficit stress is one of the most important abiotic stresses limiting the production and productivity of banana (Musa spp.). Plant responses to drought stress are regulated at both the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. As post-transcriptional gene regulators, microRNAsShow full abstract
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Backiyarani, S.; Uma, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Chandrasekar, A.
In: Nandwani, D. (ed.). Sustainable Development and Biodiversity: Issues, Technology and Innovation.
Springer, 2014
Banana, with its unique characteristics like varied ploidy levels, parthenocarpy, sterility, vegetative propagation and biparental cytoplasmic inheritance, serves as a powerful model for understanding the genetics of these traits where the use of other two model species namely Arabidopsis and riceShow full abstract
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Saraswathi, M.S.; Praveena, S.; Uma, S.; Thangavelu, R.; Kannan, G.; Backiyarani, S.; Arivazhagan, T.;
Indian Journal of Horticulture, 2014 | Peer Reviewed
Experiments were conducted to devise an efficient method of micropropagation for a high yielding but recalcitrant banana cv. Udhayam (Pisang Awak, ABB) using shoot tip explants. Virus-indexed shoot tips were established in medium comprising full-strength Murashige and Skoog (MS) basal salts andShow full abstract
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Uma, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Backiyarani, S.; Anushma, P.; Durai, P.;
National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR), 2014
Simmond's Travelogue has identified the occurrence of 11 species in India of which seven were identified and documented by NRCB (Uma et al, 2005). Although our explorations in the North East region during 2002-2006 has led to the collection of species like Musa flavflora, Musa ochracea and MusaShow full abstract






Uma, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Backiyarani, S.; Durai, P.; Mustaffa, M.;
National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR), 2014
The indigenous knowledge on Musa landraces is a treasure, on which very little information has been documented. The decline in the number and area under landraces is so alarming that they may face extinction even before their systematic identification, collection, conservation, documentation andShow full abstract
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Backiyarani, S.; Uma, S.; Arunkumar, G.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Sundararaju, P.;
Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 2014 | Peer Reviewed
A cDNA library enriched with differentially expressed transcripts was constructed from Pratylenchus coffeae challenged resistant banana cultivar (Karthobiumtham-ABB) through suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) technique to elucidate the nematode resistance mechanisms. A total of 256 uniqueShow full abstract
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Sajith, K.P.; Uma, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Backiyarani, S.; Durai, P.;
Indian Journal of Horticulture, 2014 | Peer Reviewed
Stimulation of lateral bud development and plantlet production is generally accomplished through decapitation methods in banana. Attempts were made in the present study to enhance the efficacy of decortication in elite cv. Bangladesh Malbhog using additives like bio-fertilizers and plant growthShow full abstract
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Dayarani, M.; Dhanarajan, M.S.; Arun, K.; Uma, S.; Narayani, P.;
Journal of Applied Horticulture, 2014
Seed set in Musa spp. is known to vary greatly among seed-fertile cultivars, but germinate at an intractably low rate in soil thus making breeding of plantains and bananas difficult. Hence, there is an increased interest in in vitro germination of both intact seeds and excised zygotic embryos. TheShow full abstract
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Ravi, I.; Uma, S.; Vaganan, M.M.; Mustaffa, M.M.;
Frontiers in Physiology, 2013
Drought has emerged as one of the major constraints in banana production. Its effects are pronounced substantially in the tropics and sub-tropics of the world due to climate change. Bananas are quite sensitive to drought; however, genotypes with “B” genome are more tolerant to abiotic stresses thanShow full abstract
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Backiyarani, S.; Uma, S.; Varatharj, P.; Saraswathi, M.S.;
Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2013 | Peer Reviewed
Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) databases of 11 Musa complementary DNA libraries were retrieved from National Center of Biotechnology Information and used for mining simple sequence repeats (SSRs). Out of 21,056 unique ESTs, SSR regions were found only in 5,158 ESTs. Among these SSR containing ESTs,Show full abstract
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Arun, K.; Uma, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Backiyarani, S.; Durai, P.;
Seed Science and Technology, 2013
Trials were conducted to determine the effects of hydro- and hormonal priming on in vitro germination and regeneration of hybrid banana embryos. Fully-mature seeds of Pisang Jajee × M. acuminata ssp. burmannicoides were hydroprimed (for 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 days) or hormone primed (gibberellic acid (GA3)Show full abstract
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Durai, P.; Uma, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Jayabalan, N.; Mustaffa, M.M.;
Indian Journal of Horticulture, 2013 | Peer Reviewed
Phylogenetic lineage of Musa acuminata Colla. and its landraces was assessed through morphotaxonomic traits and microsatellite markers. Test accessions were morphotaxonomically characterized for 107 traits using Musa descriptor and documented. An average PIC of 0.55 was observed usingShow full abstract
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Dayarani, M.; Dhanarajan, M.; Uma, S.; Durai, P.;
Advanced BioTech, 2013
The family Musaceae comprises of four sections among which Rhodochlamys is one. The plants of this section are commonly known as ornamental banana, which occur wild in north east India. To exploit their ornamental value on a commercial scale, planting material becomes a limiting factor due to poorShow full abstract
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Singh, H.P.; Uma, S.; Selvarajan, R.; Karihaloo, J.L.;
Asia-Pacific Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology (APCoAB), 2011
Banana and plantains are the second largest food-fruit crops of the world produced in the tropical and subtropical regions of mostly the developing countries. The two together are positioned fourth in terms of gross value. During recent years, growth of banana cultivation has witnessed greatShow full abstract
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Uma, S.; Lakshmi, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Akbar, A.; Mustaffa, M.M.;
Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2011 | Peer Reviewed
An efficient regeneration protocol for zygotic embryos at varying maturity stages was developed for wild banana (Pisang Jajee (AA)). Embryo ontogeny was studied to determine the best maturity stage for embryo rescue, suitable media and culture conditions (light and dark) for germination andShow full abstract
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Saraswathi, M.S., Uma, S., Vadivel, E., Durai, P., Siva, S.A., Rajagopal, G., Sathiamoorthy, S.
In: Van den Bergh, I. (ed.), Smith, M. (ed.), Swennen, R. (ed.), Hermanto, C. (ed.). Acta Horticulturae 897
International ISHS-ProMusa Symposium on Global Perspectives on Asian Challenges, Guangzhou, China, 14-18/09/2009
ISHS, 2011
The original publication is available at www.actahort.org.

Improvement of ABB bananas is one of the breeding objectives of the National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB), India. India is one of the main centres of origin and domestication of Musa balbisiana. The ability of the species to introgressShow full abstract

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Uma, S., Mustaffa, M.M., Saraswathi, M.S., Durai, P.
In: Van den Bergh, I. (ed.), Smith, M. (ed.), Swennen, R. (ed.), Hermanto, C. (ed.). Acta Horticulturae 897
International ISHS-ProMusa Symposium on Global Perspectives on Asian Challenges, Guangzhou, China, 14-18/09/2009
ISHS, 2011
The original publication is available at www.actahort.org.

Banana is a recalcitrant crop for improvement due to inherent plant-based constraints like polyploidy, parthenocarpy and male and/or female sterility. Success of banana breeding depends mainly on the use of natural diploids and/or developingShow full abstract

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Uma, S., Saraswathi, M.S., Anto, D.
In: Van den Bergh, I. (ed.), Smith, M. (ed.), Swennen, R. (ed.), Hermanto, C. (ed.). Acta Horticulturae 897
International ISHS-ProMusa Symposium on Global Perspectives on Asian Challenges, Guangzhou, China, 14-18/09/2009
ISHS, 2011
The original publication is available at www.actahort.org.

Most wild species and wild relatives of banana (Musa spp.) are found in forests and are thus relatively inaccessible. Their inability to establish in places different from their natural habitats further complicates the use of such wildShow full abstract

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Backiyarani, S., Uma, S., Sundararaju, P., Vaganan, M.M., Saraswathi, M.S., Jeeva, S.
In: Van den Bergh, I. (ed.), Smith, M. (ed.), Swennen, R. (ed.), Hermanto, C. (ed.). Acta Horticulturae 897
International ISHS-ProMusa Symposium on Global Perspectives on Asian Challenges, Guangzhou, China, 14-18/09/2009
ISHS, 2011
The original publication is available at www.actahort.org.

Identification of genes that confer nematode resistance is important for banana improvement. These can either be used as molecular markers for marker-assisted selection or directly by guiding the design of transgenic plants with highShow full abstract

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Durai, P., Uma, S., Saraswathi, M.S., Jayabalan, N., Mustaffa, M.M.
In: Van den Bergh, I. (ed.), Smith, M. (ed.), Swennen, R. (ed.), Hermanto, C. (ed.). Acta Horticulturae 897
International ISHS-ProMusa Symposium on Global Perspectives on Asian Challenges, Guangzhou, China, 14-18/09/2009
ISHS, 2011
The original publication is available at www.actahort.org.

The genus Musa of the family Musaceae has been classified into four sections, i.e. Eumusa, Rhodochlamys, Callimusa and Australimusa. Eumusa members have contributed considerably to the evolution of present-day bananas. Rhodochlamys members,Show full abstract

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Uma, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Pillay, M.
In: Banana Breeding: Progress and Challenges. CRC Press, 2011
This chapter discusses the history of the domestication of banana and how an integrated approach, combining morphological and molecular data is recommended for resolving the relationships and phylogeny in Musa.
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Ravi, I.; Uma, S.
In: Monneveux, P. (ed.), Ribaut, J.M. (ed.). Drought phenotyping in crops: from theory to practice.
CGIAR; CIMMYT, 2011
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Sundararaju, P.; Swarnakumari, N.; Uma, S.;
Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2008 | Peer Reviewed
A pot culture experiment was conducted during 2004-05 to evaluate 72 banana (Musa sp.) varieties/cultivars for the tolerance/resistance against root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita. The results indicated that none of the varieties/cultivars was resistant to root-knot nematode (M. incognita).Show full abstract






Nwauzoma, A.B.; Uma, S.; Mustaffa, M.M.; Durai, P.;
Acta Agronomica Nigeriana, 2008
Sigatoka leaf spot disease (Mycosphaerella musicola) is a major constraint in banana production in India. All commercial banana cultivars like, 'Rasthali' (AAB, syn. 'Silk'), 'Karpuravalli' (ABB, syn. 'Pisang Awak'), 'Monthan' (ABB) and those of the AAA Cavendish subgroup, exhibit different levelsShow full abstract






Uma, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Siva, S.A.; Dhivya Vadhana, M.S.; Manickavasagam, M.; Durai, P.; Lourdusamy, A.;
The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology, 2008 | Peer Reviewed
Genetic diversity and phylogenetic studies were undertaken to identify possible progenitors of Silk banana varieties for use in conventional breeding. Genetic diversity and phylogeographical relationships among 33 accessions of banana belonging to the Silk (AAB) sub-group were studied and comparedShow full abstract
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Uma, S.; Sathiamoorthy, S.
In: Singh, H.P. (ed.), Uma, S. (ed.). Banana: technological advancements.
AIPUB, 2007
India is recognized as one of the major centres of Musa origin and diversity at the global level along with South-East Asian countries and Papua New Guinea. The diversity is spread across northeastern states, Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats and Andaman and Nicobar islands. Genus Musa has moreShow full abstract






Uma, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Durai, P.; Sathiamoorthy, S.;
Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter, 2006
The Indian flora has a wide spectrum of diversity for banana and plantains (Musa spp.), belonging to the sections Eumusa and Rhodochlamys. Eumusa comprises most of the cultivated commercial and food varieties, while Rhodochlamys is known for its many ornamental species. The present article is aShow full abstract
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Uma, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Sathiamoorthy, S.; Durai, P.; Natarajan, R.;
Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2006 | Peer Reviewed
Trials were conducted to evaluate 2 banana (Musa spp.) hybrids for subsistence cultivation in India. The 'FHIA 01' exotic hybrid and 'BRS 01' indigenous hybrid were evaluated for 2 years at National Research Center for Banana, Trichy during 2003-05 using local Pachanadan as a standard / referenceShow full abstract






Uma, S.;
FAO, 2006
The present case study provides an insight into the indigenous technical knowledge regarding multiple uses of wild and cultivated bananas for the benefit and advantage of the local population in India. The study provides a picture of distribution of wild and cultivated Musa species of interest inShow full abstract
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Uma, S.; Siva, S.A.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Manickavasagam, M.; Durai, P.; Selvarajan, R.; Sathiamoorthy, S.;
Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2006 | Peer Reviewed
Sixteen collections of the wild Musa species, Musa balbisiana Colla collected from different regions of India were studied for their intraspecific relationships using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. Out of 80 primers screened, 34 primers produced reproducible bands and four primersShow full abstract
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Uma, S.; Sathiamoorthy, S.; Molina, A.B.
In: Sundararaju, P. (ed.), Van den Bergh, I. (ed.), Sathiamoorthy, S. (ed.), De Waele, D. (ed.), Molina, A.B. (ed.), Borromeo, K.H. (ed.). Banana nematode management: Towards eco-friendly approach.
International Training Workshop on Recent Advances for Eco-friendly Management of Nematodes in Banana, National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirapalli, India, 16-18 March 2004
National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR), 2005






Uma, S.; Siva, S.A.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Durai, P.; Sharma, T.V.R.S.; Singh, D.B.; Selvarajan, R.; Sathiamoorthy, S.;
Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology, 2005 | Peer Reviewed
Musa balbisiana is one of the progenitors of present-day bananas. The B genome from M. balbisiana has been a rich source of genes conferring resistance to various biotic and abiotic stresses, yet studies on this species are very limited. The present study analysed 29 pure M. balbisiana types (BB),Show full abstract
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Uma, S.; Kalpana, S.; Sathiamoorthy, S.; Kumar, V.;
Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter, 2005
Banana (Musa spp.) fibre has many and varied applications in the pulp and paper industry, as well as acting as a natural water purifier, and having uses in bioremediation and recycling, for printing currency, and also in the textile industry. Fibre is extracted from the plant pseudostem eitherShow full abstract
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Uma, S.; Sathiamoorthy, S.; Durai, P.;
National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR), 2005
In this book, a total of 589 accessions have been characterized for 111 traits and evaluated for 21 traits. The characterization was carried out five replications for five consecutive years. This catalogue includes both processed and semi processed data. Although most of the germplasmShow full abstract
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Uma, S.; Sathiamoorthy, S.; Selvarajan, R.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Durai, P.;
Indian Journal of Horticulture, 2005 | Peer Reviewed
Performance of NRCB Sel. 001 was compared with cvs. Karpuravalli of Tamil Nadu, Kanthali of Bihar, Boodida Bokkisa of Andhra Pradesh and Boodi Bale of Karnataka. It was concluded that NRCB Sel. 001 excelled for all the important parameters contributing to yield, 1), pseudostem girth (96.8cm), whichShow full abstract
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Uma, S.; Sudha, S.; Saraswathi, M.S.; Manickavasagam, M.; Selvarajan, R.; Durai, P.; Sathiamoorthy, S.; Siva, S.A.;
Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology, 2004 | Peer Reviewed
Natural transgression between Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana, the well accepted progenitors of Musa spp., has led to the evolution of modern bananas and plantains with various ploidy levels and genomic constitutions. 'Silk' is an important group of triploid, dessert bananas of bispecific originShow full abstract
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Uma, S.; Kalpana, S.; Sathiamoorthy, S.;
National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR), 2003
Banana fibre, being tolerant to saline water, is used for making marine cordages. Fibre is currently in demand for producing fancy goods like organic tissue papers, ornamental bags, pouches, containers, ropes, dinner mats etc. These items have good export potential. In South East Asian countries,Show full abstract






Uma, S.; Selvarajan, R.; Sathiamoorthy, S.; Ramesh Kumar, A.; Durai, P.;
Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter, 2003
Banana is an important fruit crop in India with great socioeconomic relevance. The plant is called Kalpataru (plant of all virtues) owing to the versatile uses of all its plant parts. Apart from its commercial dual utilities as a dessert and culinary crop, other banana-based industries have notShow full abstract
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Uma, S.; Sathiamoorthy, S.;
National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR), 2002
India has six banana gene banks having more than 900 banana clones in different names. Initially, effort in this direction was carried out at TNAU, Coimbatore. But those included mostly the varieties of South Indian origin. After the establishment of NRCB at Trichy in 1993, 22 crop specificShow full abstract
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Sathiamoorthy, S.; Uma, S.; Selvarajan, R.
In: Molina, A.B. (ed.), Roa, V.N. (ed.), Maghuyop, M.A.G. (ed.). Advancing banana and plantain RandD in Asia and the Pacific.
10th INIBAP-ASPNET Regional Advisory Committee meeting, Bangkok, Thailand, 10-11 November 2000
INIBAP-ASPNET, 2001
With 13.5 million tonnes per year, banana is the industrial fruit that has experienced the greatest increase in production, with a target of 25 million tonnes in 2020. Initiated in 1949, the main improvement programmes are conducted in Tamil Nadu and Kerala by Kerala Agricultural University, NRCBShow full abstract
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Singh, H.P.; Uma, S.; Sathiamoorthy, S.;
National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR), 2001
India is a undoubtedly a place of origin and evolution of present day bananas and plantains. There are more than 100 distinct clones and 40 ecotypes spread across the Indian subcontinent. Bananas and Plantains research received attention only in the recent past and is being streamlined with anShow full abstract






Uma, S.; Shyam, B.; Selvarajan, R.; Sathiamoorthy, S.
In: Molina, A.B. (ed.), Roa, V.N. (ed.), Maghuyop, M.A.G. (ed.). Advancing banana and plantain RandD in Asia and the Pacific.
10th INIBAP-ASPNET Regional Advisory Committee meeting, Bangkok, Thailand, 10-11 November 2000
INIBAP-ASPNET, 2001
Following the agreement signed between ICAR and INIBAP in 1999, the efforts made on the conservation and use of plant genetic resources initiated in 1987-89 were continued until 2000. Collection missions were conducted in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur states inShow full abstract
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Selvarajan, R.; Uma, S.; Sathiamoorthy, S.
In: Molina, A.B. (ed.), Roa, V.N. (ed.), Maghuyop, M.A.G. (ed.). Advancing banana and plantain RandD in Asia and the Pacific.
10th INIBAP-ASPNET Regional Advisory Committee meeting, Bangkok, Thailand, 10-11 November 2000
INIBAP-ASPNET, 2001
More recent survey by the NRCB has shown the existence of new species of Mycosphaerella in many commercial cultivars. Carlier et al. (2000) has also confirmed the presence of M. eumusae, causing septoria leaf spot disease in the 'Cavendish' cv. 'Grande Naine' in Southern India. With the initiativeShow full abstract
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Uma, S.; Selvarajan, R.;
National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR), 2001
During the last three explorations, 89 accessions were collected and brought to the NRCB field genebank. As mentioned in the earlier reports, the accessions collected and brought to NRCB had difficulty in establishment. This is mainly attributed to the extremities with respect to altitude, soil andShow full abstract
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Singh, H.P.; Uma, S.
In: Singh, H.P. (ed.), Chadha, K.L. (ed.). Banana: Improvement, production and utilization.
Conference on Challenges for Banana Production and Utilization in 21st Century, Trichy, India, 24-25 September 1996
AIPUB, 2000
India is the major centre of diversity especially for banana belonging to AAB and ABB clones. Musa accuminata cv. Burmanica has become the major donor source for leaf spot resistance in many breeding programmes. At the National Research Centre on Banana collection, conservation, evaluation andShow full abstract
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Uma, S.; Shyam, B.; Selvarajan, R.;
National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR), 2000
During 1998-99, three N-E states namely Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya were covered under exploration and during this plan period Tripura, Mizoram and Southern Assam were explored for variability in Banana and. Plantains. These are areas where in natural introgression has occurred betweenShow full abstract
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Singh, H.P.; Uma, S.
In: Singh, H.P. (ed.), Chadha, K.L. (ed.). Banana: Improvement, production and utilization.
Conference on Challenges for Banana Production and Utilization in 21st Century, Trichy, India, 24-25 September 1996
AIPUB, 2000
A study was undertaken to evaluate 8 commercial cultivars, belonging to different genomic groups for growth, yield and quality as well as for its reaction to diseases and salt tolerance in a wetland production system. 'Nendran' has the shortest crop cycle, while 'Karpuravalli' requires longer cropShow full abstract
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Singh, H.P.; Uma, S.; Dayarani, M.
In: Picq, C. (ed.), Fouré, E. (ed.), Frison, E.A. (ed.). Bananas and food security [Les productions bananières : un enjeu économique majeur pour la sécurité alimentaire].
INIBAP, 1999
Nendran is the popular plantain cultivar forming the basis of chips industry in southern states of India. Though it is grown in more than 25,000 ha in Tamil Nadu State, local consumption of the raw material is nil and its processing into chips is restricted to Kerala state from where the processedShow full abstract
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Uma, S.; Singh, H.P.; Dayarani, M.; Jeyabaskaran, K.J.
In: Picq, C. (ed.), Fouré, E. (ed.), Frison, E.A. (ed.). Bananas and food security [Les productions bananières : un enjeu économique majeur pour la sécurité alimentaire].
INIBAP, 1999
In India, banana is a major fruit crop with an annual production of 13.2 million tonnes. Being highly perishable in nature, banana needs an organized marketing system in order to reduce the postharvest losses. In India, cooperative marketing of banana is gaining momentum, but a number of marketingShow full abstract
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Uma, S.; Shyam, B.; Selvarajan, R.;
National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR), 1999
Workdone for the period. Seven states namely Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Moghalaya, Manipur, Nagalaand, Tripura, Mizoram form theNorth-Eastern India. They harbor a rich genetic Musa diversity especially with respect to Balbisiana clones. Being a hilly terrain, it poses a very tough route to theShow full abstract
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Singh, H.P.; Uma, S.
In: Frison, E.A. (ed.), Horry, J.P. (ed.), De Waele, D. (ed.). New frontiers in resistance breeding for nematode, #Fusarium# and Sigatoka.
Workshop held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2-5 October 1995
INIBAP, 1996
In Asian and Pacific regions, banana is a premier fruit having great socioeconomic significance. The region is the major centre of diversity and has contributed significantly to all the commercial banana cultivars in the world. Owing to long periods of domestication in the region, banana isShow full abstract
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