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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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Title The BananaTainer: a high throughput phenotyping installation to explore Musa's growth potential in the east African highlands
 
Creator Gambart, C.
Van Wesemael, J.
Swennen, R.
Carpentier, S.C.
 
Subject bananas
musa
climate change
gene banks
temperature
east africa
 
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.
 
Date 2023-04
2023-09-26T08:21:32Z
2023-09-26T08:21:32Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier 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
 
Language en
 
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Format 15-21
 
Source Acta Horticulturae