Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

A Pragmatic Approach for Obtaining Lines Possessing Desirable Traits in Silk Banana

Eine pragmatische Vorgehensweise zur Schaffung von Linien der Bananensorte ‘Silk’ mit gewünschten Pflanzeneigenschaften

  • Original Article
  • Published:
Erwerbs-Obstbau Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Silk Banana is amongst the most popular groups of bananas grown in different parts of the world. However, the commercial scale cultivation requires identification of superior genotypes with desirable attributes including growth, yield, quality and resistance to Panama wilt disease which is a major concern. Panama disease caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense has been wreaking havoc in banana plantations throughout the world. A large number of varieties fall prey to the pathogen and hence world’s banana production has been threatened to a considerable extent, Silk Banana being the most vulnerable. Long term use of chemicals has not only failed to provide protection against the disease but has also raised concern about the environmental health. Resistance breeding is thus only viable alternative; however, breeding in banana is hindered by a number of inherent problems. In this communication, a systematic approach was proposed taking a typical case of Silk Banana var. Nanjanagud Rasabale to preselect lines possessing Panama wilt resistance and other desired traits. The proposed methodology comprised of identification of spontaneous variants in growing regions of the variety and their subsequent screening using a multi-pronged strategy. A number of lines exhibiting superiority in terms of tolerance to panama wilt, precocity, plant stature, physicochemical and shelf life related attributes have been reported. Considering overall performance, six promising lines were identified. This methodology has wider applicability as it could be effectively exploited with suitable modifications for identifying lines with desired traits in other varieties of banana.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • AICRPTF (2011) Proceedings of the group discussion of All India Coordinated Improvement Project on Tropical Fruits held at Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Mohanpur, India, 18–21 July, 2011 10 pp.

  • Anonymous (1962) Wealth of India, raw material vol. 6. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India, pp L–M

    Google Scholar 

  • Anonymous (2003) Pest management strategic plan for banana production in Hawaii. In: Lynne NC, McHugh J Jr (eds) Workshop Summary, Pearl City Urban Garden Center. University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii

    Google Scholar 

  • Asif MJ, Mak C, Othman RY (2004) Study of resistance of Musa acuminata to Fusarium oxysporum using RAPD markers. Biol Planta 48:93–99

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bancroft J (1876) Report of the board appointed to enquire into the cause of disease affecting livestock and plants. Votes Proc 3:1011–1038

    Google Scholar 

  • Bohra P, Waman AA, Sathyanarayana BN, Umesha K (2013) Preliminary assessment of intra-clonal variability in Indian banana varieties for sucker production. Indian J Nat Prod Resour 4(4):387–391

    Google Scholar 

  • Bohra P, Waman AA, Konana U, Sathyanarayana BN, Chandrashekar SC, Divya BL (2014b) In search of commercially acceptable Panama wilt resistant natural variants in Ney Poovan banana (Musa AB). Int J Pest Manag 60:307–313

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bohra P, Waman AA, Sathyanarayana BN, Umesha K, Anu SR, Swetha HG, Gourish RK (2014b) Aeptic culture establishment using antibiotics with references to their efficiency and phytotoxicity in difficult-to-establish native Ney Poovan banana (Musa AB). Proc Natl Acad Sci India Sect B Biol Sci 84(2):257–263

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Bohra P, Waman AA, Umesha K, Sathyanarayana BN, Gangappa E, Sreeramu BS (2015) Preliminary investigations on identification and evaluation of early and dwarf lines of Ney Poovan banana (Musa AB) for commercial scale utilization. Proc Natl Acad Sci India Sect B Biol Sci 86(3):673–683

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Chittor JM, Leach JE, Whit EF (1999) Induction of peroxidase during defense against pathogen. In: Datta SK, Muthukrishnan (eds) Pathogenesis related proteins in plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA

    Google Scholar 

  • Chunyu L, Shi C, Cunwu Z, Qingming S, Qian Y, Ganjun Y, Bingzhi H (2011) The use of GFP-transformed isolates to study infection of banana with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 4. European J Plant Pathol 131:327–340

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Companioni B, Arzola M, Rodríguez Y, Mosqueda M, Pérez MC, Borrás O et al (2003) Use of culture derived Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, race 1 filtrates for rapid and non-destructive in vitro differentiation between resistant and susceptible clones of field grown banana. Euphytica 130:341–347

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Companioni B, Néstor M, Leyanes D, Aurora P, Mayda A, Espinosa P, Martha H, de la José CV, María CP, Ramón S, José CL (2006) Differentiating resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense strain 1 culture filtrates in banana leaves. Biotecnología Fre 23(2):153–157

    Google Scholar 

  • Daniells J, Davis D, Peterson R, Pegg Z (1995) Goldfinger: Not as resistant to sigatoka/yellow sigatoka as first thought. InfoMusa 4(1):6

    Google Scholar 

  • De Ascensao ARDCF, Dubery IA (2000) Panama disease: Cell wall reinforcement in banana roots in response to elicitors from Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubenserace four. Phytopathology 90:1173–1180

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Donato SLR, Silva SO, Passos AR, Lima NFP, Lima MB (2003) Avaliação de variedades e híbridos de bananeiras sob irrigação. Rev Bras Fruticult 25:348–351

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Felton GW, Korth KL, Bi JL, Wesley SV, Huhman DV, Mathew MC, Murphy JB, Lamb C, Dixon RA (1999) Inverse relationship between systemic resistance of plants to micro-organisms and insect herbivory. Curr Biol 9:317–320

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Fransisco RF, Sebastião OS (2002) Collecting banana germplasm from the AAA genomic group/Cavendish subgroup. Crop Breed Appl Biotechnol 2(3):485–488

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lepoivre P, Viseur J, Duhen K, Carels N (1986) Double layer technique as a tool for the selection of calluses resistant to toxic material from plant pathogenic fungi. In: Semal J (ed) Somaclonal variations and crop improvement. M. Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, pp 45–52

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Lichtemberg LA (1997) Banani cultura nos subtrópicos. Epagri/EEI, Itajaí-SC. 48p. (Relatório de viagem)

  • Matsumoto K, Barbosa ML, Souza LAC, Teixeira JB (1995) Race 1 fusarium wilt tolerance on banana plants selected by fusaric acid. Euphytica 84:67–71

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mert Z, Karakaya A (2003) Determination of suitable inoculums concentration for Rhynchosporium secalis seedling assays. J Phytopathol 151:699–707

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mohandas S, Manjula R, Saxena AK, Ajay KM, Shakunthala B, Sowmya HD, Meenakshi S (2011) Transformation of the banana cultivar ‘Nanjangud Rasbale’ (syn. ‘Rasthali’, AAB, Silk subgroup) with the AMP gene and screening for fusarium resistance with a bioassay. Acta Hort 897:293–296

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ploetz RC (2006) Fusarium wilt of banana is caused by several pathogens referred to as Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense. Phytopathol 96:653–656

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Purwati RD, Nurul H, Udjindro, Sudarsono (2008) Inoculation Methods and Conidial Densities of Fusarium oxysporumf. sp. cubense in Abaca. Hayati J Biosci 15(1):1–7

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Reddy BMC (2004) Banana research in India. In: Bandopadhyay B, Sarkar SK, Misra DK, Bauri FK (eds) Proceedings of National Seminar on Banana industry- present scenario and futurestrategies, pp 1–10p

    Google Scholar 

  • Robinson JC, Sauco VG (2010) Bananas and Plantains, Second edn. CABI, UK

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Roux NS, Toloza A, Dolezel J, Panis B (2004) Usefulness of embryogenic cell suspensions cultures for the induction and selection of mutants in Musa spp. In: Jain SM, Swennen R (eds) Banana improvement: cellular, molecular biology and induced mutations. Science Publishers Inc, USA, pp 33–43

    Google Scholar 

  • Rutherford MA, Kangire A (1999) Prospects for the management of Fusarium wilt of banana (Panama disease) in Africa. Workshop on banana IPM, Nelspruit (ZAF), Montpellier, France, 1998/11/23–28, pp 177–188 (Proceedings)

    Google Scholar 

  • Shi J, Mueller WC, Beckman CH (1991) Ultrastructural responses of vessel contact cells in cotton plants resistant or susceptible to infection by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum. Physiol Mol Plant Pathol 38:211–222

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Silva Sde OE, Shepherd K (1991) Análise do germoplasma de banana do Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Mandioca e Fruticultura Tropical – CNPMF. Rev Bras Fruticult 13(3):115–127

    Google Scholar 

  • Silva Sde OE, Manoel TSJ, Élio JA, Jorge RSS, Marcelo BL (2001) Banana breeding program at Embrapa. Crop Breed Appl Biotechnol 1(4):399–436

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Silva SO, Aristóteles PM, Zilton JMC, Mateus JCL, Edson PA (2011) Evaluation of tetraploid genotypes of banana tree cultivated in fusarium-infested area. Rev Brasil Fruticult Jaboticabal – Sp 33(1):137–143

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Silva SO, Alves EJ, Lima MB, Silveira JRS (2002) Bananeira. In: Bruckner CH (ed) Melhoramento de Fruteiras Tropicais. UFV, Viçosa, pp 101–157

    Google Scholar 

  • Singh HP, Uma S (1996) Current approaches and future opportunities for improvement of major Musa types present in Asia and the Pacific: Silk/Pome (AAB dessert types). In: Frison EA, Horry JP, Dirk DW (eds) Proceedings workshop on New Frontiers in Resistance Breeding for nematode, Fusarium and Sigatoka, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 2–5 October, 1995. INIBAP, Montpellier, France, pp 149–163p

    Google Scholar 

  • Smith LJ, Smith MK, Tree D, O’Keefe D, Galea VJ (2008) Development of a small-plant bioassay to assess banana grown from tissue culture for consistent infection by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense. Australasian Plant Pathol 37:171–179

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Subramaniam S, Maziah M, Sariah M, Puad MP, Xavier R (2006) Bioassay method for testing Fusarium wilt disease tolerance in transgenic banana. Sci Hortic 108:378–389

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Thangavelu R, Mustaffa MM (2010) First report on the occurrence of a virulent strain of fusarium wilt pathogen (race-1) infecting Cavendish (AAA) group of bananas in India. Plant Dis 94:1379

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Thirugnanam S (2005) Country reports-India. In: Use and regulation of genetically modified organisms. APO Study Meeting on Use and Regulation of Genetically Modified Organisms, Republic of China, 18–23 November 2002, pp 64–69 (Report)

    Google Scholar 

  • Trujillo I, Garcia E (1996) Use of selection systems to produce banana genotypes with resistance to Yellow Sigatoka (In Spanish). Rev Intl Bot Expt 59(1):111–121

    Google Scholar 

  • Uazire AT, Ribeiro C, Mussane CRB, Pillay M, Blomme G, Fraser C, Staver C, Karamura E (2008) Preliminary evaluation of improved banana varieties in Mozambique. Afr Crop Sci J 16(1):17–25

    Google Scholar 

  • Uma S, Sathiamoorthy S, Selvarajan R, Saraswathi MS, Durai P (2005) Genetic improvement of Musa spp. through clonal selection: NRCB Sel. 001 a better substitute for Indian Pisang Awaks (ABB). Indian J Hortic 62(4):319–323

    Google Scholar 

  • Van BN, Berger DK, Hein I, Birch PRJ, Wingfield MJ, Viljoen A (2007) Tolerance in banana to Fusarium wilt is associated with early upregulation of cell wall strengthening genes in the roots. Mol Plant Pathol 8:333–341

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Venkatachalam L, Thimmaraju R, Sreedhar RV, Bhagyalakshmi N (2006) Direct shoot and cormlet regeneration from leaf explants of ‘Silk’ banana (AAB). Vitro Cell Dev Biol Plant 42(3):262–269

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Waman AA, Pooja B, Karanjalker GR (2012a) Preliminary report on pseudostem weevil (Odoiporus longicollis) infestation in Silk Banana ‘Nanjanagud Rasabale’. Pest Manag Hortic Ecosyst 18:217–218

    Google Scholar 

  • Waman AA, Pooja B, Umesha K, Chandrashekhar SC, Sathyanarayana BN, Sreeramu BS (2012b) Successful rescue and field establishment of native banana varieties severely affected by rhizome rot. J Agric Rural Dev 113:147–154

    Google Scholar 

  • Waman AA, Pooja B, Sathyanarayana BN, Chandrashekar SC, Thilaka Rani R (2013) Are bananas (Musa spp.) really safe from their aesthetic relatives? Screening potential alternate hosts of Fusarium oxysporumf. sp. cubense. J Hort Sci Biotech 88(5):559–562

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Waman AA, Pooja B, Sathyanarayana BN, Gourish RK, Ashok TH (2014a) Micropropagules can profitably save the choicest Silk Banana from extinction. Proc Natl Acad Sci India Sect B Biol Sci 84(3):847–854. doi:10.1007/s40011-014-0349-0

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Waman AA, Pooja B, Sathyanarayana BN (2014b) Not all sugars are sweet for banana multiplication! In vitro multiplication, rooting and acclimatization of banana as influenced by carbon source-concentration interactions. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Plant 50:552–560. doi:10.1007/s11627-014-9623-3

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Waman AA, Pooja B, Sathyanarayana BN, Umesha K, Mukunda GK, Ashok TH, Balakrishna Gowda (2015) Optimization of factors affecting in vitroestablishment, ex vitro rooting and hardening for commercial scale multiplication of silk banana (Musa AAB). Erwerbs-Obstbau 57(3):153–164. doi:10.1007/s10341-015-0244-8

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Waman AA, Pooja B, Sathyanarayana BN, Umesha K, Gowda B, Ashok TH (2016a) In vitro shoot multiplication and root induction in Silk banana variety Nanjanagud Rasabale as influenced by monochromatic light spectra. Proc Natl Acad Sci India Sect B Biol Sci 86(3):577–584. doi:10.1007/s40011-015-0488-y

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Waman AA, Pooja B, Sathyanarayana BN (2016b) Effect of various cytokinins and auxins on in vitro regeneration of plantlets from isolated bud clumps of Silk Banana var. Nanjanagud Rasabale (Musa AAB). Ind J Plant Physiol 21(1):64–69. doi:10.1007/s40502-016-0204-9

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Withers LA (1992) Early detection of somaclonal variation. Proc workshop on Biotechnology Applications for Banana and Plantain Improvement, San José, Costa Rica, pp 200–208

    Google Scholar 

  • Wu YL, Yi GJ, Peng XX (2010) Rapid screening of Musa species for resistance to Fusarium wilt in an in vitro bioassay. European J Plant Pathol 128:409–415

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

A.A. Waman is thankful to the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India for providing financial assistance in the form of an INSPIRE Fellowship (IF 10076). We thank the farmers and officers of the Karnataka State Department of Horticulture for their help during exploration. Help of Dr. P.N. Chowdhry, NCFT, New Delhi in identification of the pathogen is highly appreciated.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Horticulture, University of Agricultural Sciences, 560065, Bengaluru, India

    A. A. Waman, P. Bohra & B. N. Sathyanarayana

  2. Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agricultural Sciences, 560065, Bengaluru, India

    S. C. Chandrasekhar & B. L. Divya

  3. Division of Horticulture and Forestry, ICAR – Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, 744101, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

    A. A. Waman & P. Bohra

Authors
  1. A. A. Waman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. P. Bohra
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. B. N. Sathyanarayana
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. S. C. Chandrasekhar
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. B. L. Divya
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to A. A. Waman.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

A.A. Waman, P. Bohra, B.N. Sathyanarayana, S.C. Chandrasekhar and B.L. Divya declare that they have no competing interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Waman, A.A., Bohra, P., Sathyanarayana, B.N. et al. A Pragmatic Approach for Obtaining Lines Possessing Desirable Traits in Silk Banana. Erwerbs-Obstbau 60, 9–19 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10341-017-0331-0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10341-017-0331-0

Keywords

Schlüsselwörter

Search

Navigation