Theses & Dissertations Open Access Characterizing an f2 banana diploid population for identifying and validating molecular markers for weevil resistance Ivan Kabiita Arinaitwe The banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus Germar) is the most important insect pest of banana and plantain in Africa. Most East African highland bananas (EAHB) are highly susceptible to it. Sources of resistance to most pests and diseases a… RUF-35841 2014 CC BY 4.0 28 Jan 2016
