Publications by authors named "Prashina Mol Punchakkara"
Physiol Mol Biol Plants
September 2023
Article Synopsis
- Bananas are a key food source and cash crop but are threatened by pests and diseases that can significantly lower their quality and yield.
- Effective disease management requires integrated strategies, including the development of resistant banana cultivars through genetic modifications that either enhance resistance or inactivate susceptibility factors that allow infections to spread.
- Recent research identified numerous potential 2-oxoglutarate Fe(II) dependent oxygenases (2OGDs) in banana genomes, showing that certain genes are linked to disease resistance, paving the way for future genetic editing to improve banana crop durability against pathogens like Foc and TR4.
