
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tang, C. Y. 
A1  - Hwang, S. C. 
T1  - Selection and asexual inheritance of a dwarf variant of Cavendish banana resistant to race 4 of <emph type="2">Fusarium oxysporum</emph> f. sp. <emph type="2">cubense</emph>
JF  - Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
JO  - Aust. J. Exp. Agric.
Y1  - 1998
VL  - 38
IS  - 2
SP  - 189
EP  - 194
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/EA97110 
N2  - Summary. A dwarf variant (TC1-229) of banana resistant to race 4 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense was identified from a tall, resistant Cavendish cultivar, &#8216;Tai Chiao No. 1&#8217;. This study showed that the dwarf characteristic of TC1-229 was retained over 4 clonal generations. Although 3% of tissue-cultured plants of TC1-229 were found to be a tall reversion, the dwarf characteristic of TC1-229 appears to be a relatively stable genetic trait. The average pseudostem height of TC1-229 in the plant crop was 229 cm which was about 62 cm shorter than its source plant. TC1-229 retained the resistance to fusarium wilt in a wide range of environments. Unlike Dwarf Cavendish, the leaf bases of TC1-229 were not crowded and the bunch stalk was normal, thus &#8216;choking&#8217; was not observed. This study shows that the step-wise selection of beneficial traits by using somaclonal variation can be useful in banana improvement. 
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