A new species of the wild banana genus,Musa (Musaceae), from Borneo

A new species of wild banana, Musa bauensis Häkkinen & Meekiong, is described and illustrated. It is from the Bau limestone area, Sarawak, East Malaysia.     

A historical overview of the appearance and spread of Musa pests and pathogens on the African continent: highlighting the importance of clean Musa planting materials and quarantine measures

The genus Musa is not native to Africa. It evolved in tropical Asia, from southwest India eastward to the island of New Guinea. There is a growing circumstantial evidence which suggests that the East African Highland banana and the tropical lowland plantain were cultivated on the African continent since before 1 AD. It is also probable that ABB cooking and AB and AAB dessert cultivars were brought to the continent from India by Arabian traders from 600 AD, and that these were disseminated throughout East Africa. During the colonial era, the main centres of distribution for banana cultivars were botanical gardens, such as Zomba in Malawi, Entebbe in Uganda and Amani in Tanzania. It appears that the very early introductions of Highland banana and plantain arrived in Africa as a relatively clean material without the conspicuous pests and diseases that affect them in Asia. In contrast, several devastating problems now impact the crop in Africa, including nematodes, the borer weevil and diseases, most notably banana bunchy top, banana streak, Sigatoka leaf spots, Xanthomonas wilt and Fusarium wilt. We (a) provide chronological overviews of the first reports/observations of different Musa pests and pathogens/diseases in Africa, (b) highlight specific examples of when a pest or pathogen/disease was introduced via planting materials and (c) give recent examples of how the pests and pathogens spread to new regions via planting materials. In total, these production constraints threaten banana and plantain production throughout the continent and impact those who can ill afford lost production, the small‐holder producer. Our intent in this review is to highlight the significance of these problems and the great importance that infested planting materials have played in their development.     

Inhibition of Biosynthesis of Polyisoprenol Sugars in Chick Embryo Microsomes by Tunicamycin

Changes in the phytoalexin content in unripe fruit of banana, Musa acuminata, were analyzed after various treatments. The results show that level of hydroxyanigorufone started to increase 1-2 day after either wounding or inoculation with conidia of Colletotrichum musae. Inoculation followed by wounding induced the formation of many other phenylphenalenones. The accumulation of hydroxyanigorufone decreased, after its transient maximum, on ripening by exposure of the wounded fruit to ethylene. The level of production of hydroxyanigorufone in ripe fruit treated by wounding and/or by inoculation was much lower than that in unripe fruit. 2-Aminooxyacetic acid, an inhibitor of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), inhibited the accumulation of hydroxyanigorufone in wounded fruit, and the PAL activity increased after wounding and ethylene treatment, respectively. Feeding experiments with [1-¹³C] and [2-¹³C]cinnamic acids, and [2-¹³C]malonate show that two molecules of cinnamic acid and one of malonate were incorporated into each molecule of hydroxyanigorufone. The phytoalexins isolated from fruit to which deuterated hydroxyanigorufone and irenolone had been administered revealed that 2-(4′-hydroxyphenyl)-1,8-naphthalic anhydride was biosynthesized from hydroxyanigorufone rather than from irenolone.     

‘过山香’香蕉胚性悬浮细胞原生质体分离的方法研究

目的：研究不同的方法对‘过山香’胚性悬浮细胞原生质体分离的影响,筛选最适合用于‘过山香’香蕉胚性悬浮细胞原生质体分离的方案。方法：用不同浓度、不同组合的酶液对‘过山香’原生质体进行分离,并对酶液的甘露醇含量、pH值进行调节。结果：3．0％纤维素酶R-10＋0．2％果胶酶Y-23的是最佳酶组合;酶解8h、酶液中含0．41M甘露醇、酶液pH值为5．3时,获得原生质体产量最高。结论：合适的酶组合、酶解时间、酶液的渗透压和pH值对‘过山香’香蕉胚性悬浮细胞原生质体的分离有明显的促进作用。     

Effect of fallows on population dynamics of Cosmopolites sordidus: toward integrated management of banana fields with pheromone mass trapping

• 1 The banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is the most serious pest of banana and plantain in most production areas, including the West Indies.
• 2 During a period of 2 years, we assessed the efficacy of a pheromone mass‐trapping control strategy of C. sordidus in field conditions in Guadeloupe at different cropping stages, both in sanitation fallows and in different ratoon banana crops.
• 3 In the fallows, catches peaked 3 months after beginning trapping and then decreased to zero after 9 months. By contrast, for the new plantations, the catches of C. sordidus increased after the 11th month and, in the older banana fields, there was no decrease in C. sordidus catches. The C. sordidus catches increased in the neighbouring banana plots, whereas they decreased in the fallows, and these catches decreased with the distance from fallow.
• 4 In conclusion, mass trapping with synergized pheromone traps within fallows should allow better sanitation of banana plantations. Yet, within the farms, fallows must not be located next to new plantations to avoid massive damage to the young plants. More generally, the present study emphasizes that the control of this insect should be managed at the farm scale and not at the field scale, with special attention being paid to the location of fallows.

     

人为干扰对小果野芭蕉群落生物量及多样性的影响

采用标准木法和回归分析法（乔木层）研究了小果野芭蕉群落在演替吕不同的压力条件下生物量和多样性的变化,结果显示,小果野芭蕉的侵入在正常情况下对群落生物量的影响并不显著,但由于人为干扰,可以明显地降低群落生物量。人为干扰是小果野芭焦群落长期保持在一个种群数量较大,物种多样性指较低和重要值较大的状态。轮歇丢荒地小果野芭蕉的侵入和迅速发展,是群落恢复演替过程中一种正常的途径。因此保持小果野芭蕉群落不受人为干扰是使其沿正常演替途径恢复的一种可行方法。     

影响体胚发生途径香蕉(Musa spp.,AAB Group)植株再生的因素

香蕉品种‘Agbagaba'和‘Orishele'的胚性细胞悬浮系(ECS)在液体培养基中分别预培养1和2周后,将其接种在RD1和M3培养基上,于光照或黑暗条件下进行体胚的再生.从沉积细胞体积(SCV)为1 mL(1 mL SCV)的ECS获得的再生体胚数量因预培养时间、再生培养基的种类及培养条件的不同而异.植株的再生率及从1 mL SCV的ECS获得的再生植株数量也受上述体胚再生条件的间接影响.     

Isolation of Endophytic Actinomycetes From Roots and Leaves of Banana (Musa Acuminata) Plants and Their Activities Against Fusarium oxysporumf. sp. cubense

Two hundred and forty-two actinomycete strains were isolated from the interior of leaves and roots of healthy and wilting banana plants. Most of them were streptomycetes, Streptomyces griseorubiginosus-like strains were the most frequently isolated strains. Community analysis demonstrated increased actinomycete diversity in wilting leaves compared to that in healthy leaves, similar actinomycete communities were found in wilting and healthy roots. Screening of the isolates for antagonistic activity against Fusarium oxysporumf. sp. cubenserevealed that the proportion of antagonistic streptomycetes in healthy roots was higher than that in wilting roots (P < 0.01), but no difference was found between antagonistic strains isolated from healthy and wilting leaves. The potential biological control of Panama disease of banana by endophytic streptomycetes, especially Streptomyces griseorubiginosus-like strains was discussed.     

大气CO_2浓度升高对香蕉光合作用及光合碳循环过程中叶氮分配的影响

生长在高CO2 浓度 (70 0± 5 6 μl·L-1) 1周的香蕉叶片 ,其光合速率 (Pn ,μmol·m-2 ·s-1)为 5 .14± 0 .32 ,较生长在大气CO2 浓度 (35 6± 30lμl·L-1)的高 2 2 .1% ,而生长在较高CO2 浓度下 8周 ,叶片Pn较生长在大气CO2 浓度的低 18.1% ,表现香蕉叶片对较长期高CO2 浓度的驯化和光合作用抑制 .生长在高CO2 浓度的香蕉叶片有较低光下呼吸速率 (Rd) ,而不包括光下呼吸的CO2 补偿点则变幅较小 .最大羧化速率 (Vcmax)和电子传递速率 (J)分别较生长在大气CO2 浓度的低 30 .5 %和 14 .8% ,根据气体交换速率计算的表观量子产率 (α ,molCO2·mol-1光量子 ) ,生长在较高CO2 浓度下 8周的叶片为 0 .0 14± 0 .0 1,而生长在大气CO2 浓度下的为 0 .0 2 5±0 .0 0 5 .较高CO2 浓度下叶片的表观量子产率降低 44% .光能转换效率 (electrons·quanta-1)亦从 0 .2 0 3降低至0 .136 .生长在较高CO2 浓度下香蕉叶片的叶氮在Rubicos分配系数 (PR)、叶氮在生物力能学组分分配系数(PB)和叶氮在光捕组分的分配系数 (PL)均较生长在大气CO2 浓度低 ,表明在高CO2 浓度下较长期生长 (8周 )的香蕉叶片多个光合过程受抑制 ,光合活性明显降低 .     

Centrifugation Assisted Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated Transformation (CAAT) of embryogenic cell suspensions of banana (Musa spp. Cavendish AAA and Lady finger AAB)

Centrifugation-assisted Agrobacterium-mediated transformation (CAAT) protocol, developed using banana cultivars from two economically important genomic groups (AAA and AAB) of cultivated Musa, is described. This protocol resulted in 25-65 plants/50mg of settled cell volume of embryogenic suspension cells, depending upon the Agrobacterium strain used, and gave rise to hundreds of morphologically normal, transgenic plants in two banana cultivars from the two genomic groups. Development of a highly efficient Agrobacterium-mediated transformation protocol for a recalcitrant species like banana, especially the Cavendish group (AAA) cultivars, required the identification and optimisation of the factors affecting T-DNA delivery and subsequent plant regeneration. We used male-flower-derived embryogenic cell suspensions of two banana cultivars (Cavendish and Lady Finger) and Agrobacterium strains AGL1 and LBA4404, harbouring binary vectors carrying hpt (hygromycin phosphotransferase) and gusA (-glucuronidase) or nptII (neomycin phosphotransferase) and a modified gfp (green fluorescent protein) gene in the T-DNA, to investigate and optimise T-DNA delivery and tissue culture variables. Factors evaluated included pre-induction of Agrobacterium, conditions and media used for inoculation and co-cultivation, and the presence of acetosyringone and Pluronic F68 in the co-cultivation media. One factor that led to a significant enhancement in transformation frequency was the introduction of a centrifugation step during co-cultivation. Post co-cultivation liquid-media wash and recovery step helped avoid Agrobacterium overgrowth on filters supporting suspension culture cells. Marker-gene expression and molecular analysis demonstrated that transgenes integrated stably into the banana genome. T-DNA:banana DNA boundary sequences were amplified and sequenced in order to study the integration profile.