Application of biological structure is one of the hottest topics in the field of science and technology. The unimaginable and excellent architectures of living beings supporting their vital activities have attracted the interests of worldwide researchers. An intriguing example is Musa basjoo which belongs to the herb, while appears like a tree. The profound mystery of structure and potential ap...

J. Christiansen, P. Farthouat, L. Feld, M. Hansen, K. Klein, K. Kloukinas, L. Mapelli, L. Musa, M. Newcomer, E. Petrolo, S. Quinton, W. Smith, F. Vasey, K. Wyllie, R. Yarema a CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland b RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany c University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA d INFN, Rome, Italy e Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Great Britain f University of Wisconsin, Madis...

BACKGROUND Banana (genus Musa) is a crop of major economic importance worldwide. It is a monocotyledonous member of the Zingiberales, a sister group of the widely studied Poales. Most cultivated bananas are natural Musa inter-(sub-)specific triploid hybrids. A Musa acuminata reference nuclear genome sequence was recently produced based on sequencing of genomic DNA enriched in nucleus. METHODO...

Banana (Musa sp.) ranks fourth in term of worldwide fruit production, and has economical and nutritional key values. The Cavendish cultivars correspond to more than 90% of the production of dessert banana while cooking cultivars are widely consumed locally around the banana belt production area. Many plants, if not all, produce Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) as a means of communication with ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Bananas and plantains (Musa spp.) are one of the major fruit crops worldwide with acknowledged importance as a staple food for millions of people. The rich genetic diversity of this crop is, however, endangered by diseases, adverse environmental conditions and changed farming practices, and the need for its characterization and preservation is urgent. With the aim of providi...

Crop wild relatives are valuable resources for future genetic improvement. Here, we report the de novo genome assembly of Musa itinerans, a disease-resistant wild banana relative in subtropical China. The assembled genome size was 462.1 Mb, covering 75.2% of the genome (615.2Mb) and containing 32, 456 predicted protein-coding genes. Since the approximate divergence around 5.8 million years ago,...

The stem juice of Musa paradisiaca L. is used in traditional medical practice in Ghana to arrest bleeding from wound. However, scientific report on its haemostatic effects in controlled experiments is relatively scanty. This experiment was therefore conducted to scientifically investigate the possible haemostatic effect of Musa paradisiaca stem juice in guinea pigs using bleeding and clotting t...

The multicriteria method MUSA (MUlticriteria Satisfaction Analysis) for measuring and analysing customer satisfaction is presented in this paper. The MUSA method is a preference disaggregation model following the principles of ordinal regression analysis (inference procedure). The integrated methodology evaluates the satisfaction level of a set of individuals (customers, employees, etc.) based ...

In-vitro proliferation of Musa balbisiana improves with increased vitamin concentration and dark culturingSsekiwoko F, Talengera D, Kiggundu A., Namutebi M.K, Karamura E, Kunert K

In-vitro proliferation of Musa balbisiana improves with increased vitamin concentration and dark culturing Ssekiwoko F, Talengera D, Kiggundu A., Namutebi M.K, Karamura E, Kunert K