The BananaTainer: a high throughput phenotyping installation to explore Musa's growth potential in the east African highlands
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The BananaTainer: a high throughput phenotyping installation to explore Musa's growth potential in the east African highlands
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Creator |
Gambart, C.
Van Wesemael, J. Swennen, R. Carpentier, S.C. |
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bananas
musa climate change gene banks temperature east africa |
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Description |
The East African highlands, a densely populated area in the African Great Lakes region, are located at high altitudes (900-2000 m a.s.l.) and characterized by relatively low average temperatures (17-25°C). Banana (Musa spp.) is an important component of its production landscape, contributing in Uganda to up to 80% of the caloric intake. However, above 1500 m a.s.l. the relatively low ambient temperatures slow down the production and the on-farm diversity decreases. Although enhanced on-farm diversity has been proposed to increase production, little is known on the cultivar-specific agronomic requirements. High-throughput phenotyping installations with a tight climatic control, are essential to allow fast and early ex situ screening of the diversity with high experimental reproducibility. In this study, we introduce the BananaTainer as a suitable high-throughput, pre-field phenotyping installation i) to simulate East African highland weather conditions and ii) to evaluate differences in Musa’s low temperature responses.
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2023-04
2023-09-26T08:21:32Z 2023-09-26T08:21:32Z |
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Journal Article
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Gambart, C., Van Wesemael, J., Swennen, R. & Carpentier, S.C. (2023). The BananaTainer: a high throughput phenotyping installation to explore Musa s growth potential in the east African highlands. Acta Horticulturae, 1372, 15-22.
0567-7572 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132000 https://doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2023.1372.3 BIOTECH & PLANT BREEDING |
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en
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Copyrighted; all rights reserved
Limited Access |
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15-21
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Acta Horticulturae
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