Periodic Reporting for period 1 - BIO-Banana IN and OUT (BIO: Banana IN and OUT - engineering resistance against Panama disease in banana )

Most modern cultivated varieties (cultivars) of edible bananas originated from two wild, seeded banana ancestors; Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. Banana is plagued by several major diseases of which, arguably, Fuarium wilt caused by infection with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp...