Genes, Vol. 14, Pages 370: A Perspective Review on Understanding Drought Stress Tolerance in Wild Banana Genetic Resources of Northeast India

Genes, Vol. 14, Pages 370: A Perspective Review on Understanding Drought Stress Tolerance in Wild Banana Genetic Resources of Northeast India Genes doi: 10.3390/genes14020370 Authors: Surendrakumar Singh Thingnam Dinamani Singh Lourembam Punshi Singh Tongbram Vadthya Lokya Siddharth Tiwari Mohd. Kamran Khan Anamika Pandey Mehmet Hamurcu Robert Thangjam The enormous perennial monocotyledonous herb banana (Musa spp.), which includes dessert and cooking varieties, is found in more than 120 countries and is a member of the order Zingiberales and family Musaceae. The production of bananas requires a certain amount of precipitation throughout the year, and its scarcity reduces productivity in rain-fed banana-growing areas due to drought stress. To increase the tolerance of banana crops to drought stress, it is necessary to explore crop wild relatives (CWRs) of banana. Although molecular genetic pathways involved in drought stress tolerance of cultivated banana have been uncovered and understood with the introduction of high-throughput DNA sequencing technology, next-generation sequencing (NGS) techniques, and numerous “omics” tools, unfortunately, such approaches have not been thoroughly implemented to utilize the huge potential of wild genetic resources of banana. In India, the northeastern region has been reported to have the highest diversity and distribution of Musaceae, with more than 30 taxa, 19 of which are unique to the ar...
Source: Genes - Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research