A Ready-to-use TR4-resilient subset

A curated subset of 37 banana accessions identified as resistant or tolerant to Fusarium wilt Tropical Race 4 (TR4), a major threat to global banana production. The data was compiled by Mathieu Rouard from The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, with a last update recorded on 2026-07-21. Accessions were sourced from the International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC) and enriched with agronomic and genetic information.

Use Cases

• Prioritizing banana breeding lines based on documented TR4 resistance status mentioned in the description
• Studying the genetic diversity of TR4-resistant banana germplasm from the ITC collection
• Informing conservation and distribution frameworks for resilient planting material as described
• Linking genetic resources to community-level multiplication efforts in diverse agroecological contexts

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific, high-priority threat to global food security: Fusarium wilt Tropical Race 4 (TR4)
• Contains 37 well-documented and certified accessions prioritized through a conservation framework
• Data is enriched with agronomic and genetic information, as stated in the description

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The dataset's scale is limited to 37 accessions, which may not represent the full genetic diversity available

Provenance

Source

International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC)

Collection Method

Structured literature search of peer-reviewed publications and grey literature (theses, manuals, etc.) to identify resistant genotypes.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-21 17:35:27; freshness should be verified

Geography

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