New High-yield Cooking Banana Cultivars with Multiple Resistances to Pests and Diseases (‘NAROBan1’, ‘NAROBan2’, ‘NAROBan3’, and ‘NAROBan4’) Released in Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorTumuhimbise, Robooni
dc.contributor.authorBarekye, Alex
dc.contributor.authorKubiriba, Jerome
dc.contributor.authorAkankwasa, Kenneth
dc.contributor.authorArinaitwe, Ivan K.
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-15T08:32:49Z
dc.date.available2021-12-15T08:32:49Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstract‘NAROBan1’, ‘NAROBan2’, ‘NAROBan3’, and ‘NAROBan4’ are secondary triploid cooking banana cultivars. They were bred by the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) in Uganda, and officially released and added to the national cultivar list by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) in 2017. The cultivars are highly resistant to black Sigatoka, a fungal disease caused by Mycosphaer- ella fijiensis (Morelet), which was the main breeding target. In addition, they are resistant to the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) and nematodes, the pests of most economic concern in banana production, especially in the lowland areas of central and eastern Uganda. Compared with the local cultivars, which have an average bunch yield of less than 30% of their potential of 60 to 70 t/ha/year, ‘NAROBan1’, ‘NAROBan2’, ‘NAROBan3’, and ‘NAROBan4’ produce average bunch yields of 54.9 t/ha/year, 60.4 t/ha/year, 64.7 t/ha/year, and 68.8 t/ha/year, respectively. Moreover, they have soft, tasty, aromatic, and near-yellow food colors, which make them appreciated like the existing farmer-accustomed local cooking banana cultivars that have, however, a low yield and are susceptible to pests and diseases.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTumuhimbise, R., Barekye, A., Kubiriba, J., Akankwasa, K., Arinaitwe, I. K., Karamura, D., & Tushemereirwe, W. K. (2018). New high-yield cooking banana cultivars with multiple resistances to pests and diseases (‘NAROBan1’,‘NAROBan2’,‘NAROBan3’, and ‘NAROBan4’) released in Uganda. HortScience, 53(9), 1387-1389. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI13207-18en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI13207-18
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/548
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHortScienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHORTSCIENCE;53(9)
dc.subjectNew High-yield Cooking Bananaen_US
dc.subjectMultiple Resistancesen_US
dc.subjectPests and Diseasesen_US
dc.titleNew High-yield Cooking Banana Cultivars with Multiple Resistances to Pests and Diseases (‘NAROBan1’, ‘NAROBan2’, ‘NAROBan3’, and ‘NAROBan4’) Released in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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