Enhancing banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus) resistance by plant genetic modification: A perspective | Zendy

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Enhancing banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus) resistance by plant genetic modification: A perspective

Author(s) -

Andrew Kiggundu,

M. Pillay,

Altus Viljoen,

Gold Clifford,

Tushemereirwe Wilberforce,

Kunert Karl

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

african journal of biotechnology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1684-5315

DOI - 10.5897/ajb2003.000-1109

Subject(s) - weevil , resistance (ecology) , biology , cultivar , pest analysis , musaceae , microbiology and biotechnology , musa acuminata , agronomy , botany

Banana weevil is a serious pest of bananas and plantains in Africa. The development of resistant cultivars is seen as the long term and more sustainable control strategy. The difficulty in conventional breeding of bananas and plantains has prompted efforts towards the use of genetic transformation for banana and plantain improvement. In this review, the current status of banana weevil resistance, sources of resistance and resistance mechanisms is assessed. Further, current efforts and future prospects for identifying resistance genes outside the genus Musa with potential to control banana weevil in a transgenic approach are outlined and discussed. Key words : Banana weevil, host plant resistance, pest resistance genes, transgenic plants African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 2 (12), pp. 563-569, December 2003

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