Table 2. Similarity search using blastn of selected ESTs for RT-qPCR analysis at the banana and plantain genome database.

Clone	BANANA GENOME ('DH PAHANG')				PLANTAIN GENOME ('PKW')
	E-value	% Identity	Locus	Description/function	E-value	% Identity	Locus	Description/function
1E3	e-156	99%	GSMUA_Achr5P03850_001	Uncharacterized protein At1g03900	e-155	98%	ITC1587_Bchr5_P11991	serine threonine-protein kinase cbk1-like
1C2	e-135	98%	GSMUA_Achr9P23930_001	UTP—glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase	e-108	95%	ITC1587_Bchr9_P27698	udp-glucose pyrophosphorylase
1D8	e-130	98%	GSMUA_Achr5P03660_001	Phosphoribulokinase/Uridine kinase family protein, expressed	e-130	98%	ITC1587_Bchr5_P11976	phosphoribulokinase
1G5	2e-82	86%	GSMUA_Achr3G22310_001	Putative disease resistance protein RGA1	2e-54	85%	ITC1587_Bchr3_P07503	disease resistance protein at3g14460-like