Table 5. Candidate gene used in research with Musa spp. and applications.

Candidate Gene	Applications	Authors
AhSIPR10	Improvement of photosynthetic efficiency and reduction of plasma membrane damage in the presence of NaCl and mannitol.	Rustagi et al., 2014 [15]
MaAGPase	Regulates the signaling pathway of biotic and abiotic stress and is involved in the development and maturation of fruits.	Miao et al., 2017 [6]
MaAQP	Promotes the early development of fruits, accelerating post-harvest banana maturation processes and plant resistance to saline and osmotic stress.	Hu et al., 2015 [16]
MaARFs	Involved in banana growth, fruit development, post-harvest maturation and responses to osmotic, saline and cold stress.	Hu et al., 2015 [17]
MabZIP	Involved in stages of organ development, fruit maturation and responses to abiotic stresses, including dry, cold and salt.	Hu et al., 2016 [5]
MaCCS	Induced in response to light, heat, drought stress, abscisic acid and indole-3-acetic acid.	Feng et al., 2016 [18]
MaHsfs	Involved in the growth of specific tissues or stages of development, such as fruit maturation and biotic and abiotic stress.	Wei et al., 2016 [19]
MaPIP1;1	It imparts tolerance to saline and water stress, reducing membrane damage, improving ionic distribution (K+/Na+ ratio) and maintaining the osmotic balance.	Xu et al., 2014 [20]
MaSODs	Plays an important role in the elimination of reactive oxygen species caused by abiotic and hormonal stresses in banana.	Feng et al., 2015 [21]
MpASR	Demonstrates positive activity to F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense and cold stress, dehydration, ABA and high salt concentration.	Liu et al., 2010 [22]
MusaDHN-1	Induced in leaves by drought, salinity, cold, oxidation, heavy metals, as well as by treatment with signaling molecules such as abscisic acid, ethylene and methyl jasmonate.	Shekhawat et al., 2011 [23]
MusaNAC042	Modulates the response to abiotic stress in banana preserving high levels of total chlorophyll and maintaining lower MDA content (malondialdehyde).	Tak et al., 2017 [24]
MusaNAC68	Regulates stress tolerance induced by NaCl and mannitol and root development.	Negi et al., 2015[25]
MusaPIP1;2	It improves survival characteristics under abiotic stress by maintaining low levels of malondialdehyde and high concentrations of proline, relative water content and photosynthetic efficiency.	Sreedharan et al., 2013 [26]
MusaSAP1	Involved in reducing malondialdehyde levels and regulating polyphenoloxidases (PPOs) that play important roles in multiple defense pathways.	Sreedharan et al., 2012 [27]
MusaWRKY71	An important constituent in the transcriptional reprogramming involved in several responses to stress in bananas, such as improved photosynthetic efficiency and reduction in leaf membrane damage.	Shekhawat et al., 2013 [28]
Non-redundant DEGs	Involved mainly in protein modifications, lipid metabolism, alkaloid biosynthesis, carbohydrate degradation, glycan metabolism, amino acid biosynthesis, cofactor, sugar-nucleotide, hormone, terpenoids and other secondary metabolites.	Muthusamy et at., 2016 [29]
PYL-PP2C-SnRK2	Regulates maturation and tolerance of banana fruits to cold, saline and osmotic stresses.	Hu et al., 2017 [8]
MaSWEETs	Increases sugar transport during initial fruit development and under abiotic and biotic stresses.	Miao et al., 2017 [30]
WRKY	Regulated in multiple stresses, involved in the growth, development and process of ripening fruits	Goel et al., 2016 [31]