Breeding in the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) targets
highly diverse biotic and abiotic constraints, whilst meeting complex end-user quality …

Edible bananas result from interspecific hybridization between Musa acuminata and Musa
balbisiana, as well as among subspecies in M. acuminata. Four particular M. acuminata …

Unraveling the genetic diversity held in genebanks on a large scale is underway, due to
advances in Next-generation sequence (NGS) based technologies that produce high …

Abstract Background and Aims Banana cultivars are derived from hybridizations involving
Musa acuminata subspecies. The latter diverged following geographical isolation in distinct …

Background The study of genetic variations is the basis of many research domains in
biology. From genome structure to population dynamics, many applications involve the use …

The spiral gingers (Costus L.) are a pantropical genus of herbaceous perennial monocots;
the Neotropical clade of Costus radiated rapidly in the past few million years into over 60 …

Oil palm production is gaining importance in Central and South America. However, the main
species Elaeis guineensis (Eg) is suffering severely from bud rod disease, restricting the …

Background Rice molecular genetics, breeding, genetic diversity, and allied research (such
as rice-pathogen interaction) have adopted sequencing technologies and high-density …

Background Efficiently managing large, heterogeneous data in a structured yet flexible way
is a challenge to research laboratories working with genomic data. Specifically regarding …

Sequencing and other biological data are now more frequently available and at a lower
price. Mutual tools and strategies are needed to analyze the huge amount of heterogeneous …