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. 2021 Mar 25;7(4):249. doi: 10.3390/jof7040249

Table 1.

List of questions about the genetic improvement of Musa for resistance to Fusarium wilt to be answered by a systematic review of studies carried out in the last ten years.

Research Questions
Q1: What are the known sources of resistance (germplasm) to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense?
Q2: Which breeding programs work on the resistance to Fusarium wilt with respect to cultivar development?
Q3: Which genes are reported associated with resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense in Musa spp.
Q4: What breeding techniques are associated with overcome Fusarium wilt?
Q5: Which biotechnological tools are used for assisted selection for resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense?
Q6: Which germplasm collections have information with the potential for genetic improvement to Fusarium wilt?
Q7: What is the frequency of studies by country, and which programs of improvement work with crossbreeding in order to develop resistant cultivars?
Q8: Are there scales to assess the disease? What is the difference between them?
Q9: How often is the banana genome used?