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A Novel Banana Mutant RF 1 (Musa spp. ABB, Pisang Awak Subgroup) for Improved Agronomic Traits and Enhanced Cold Tolerance and Disease Resistance

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FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
卷 12, 期 -, 页码 -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.730718

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ReFen 1 mutant; Pisang Awak (ABB); ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS)-mutagenesis; semi-dwarfing; agronomic traits; cold tolerance; sigatoka disease resistance; banana breeding

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  1. China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA [CARS-31-02]
  2. Youth Foundation of Natural Science Foundation of Hainan Province [320QN306]
  3. Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Special Fund

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This study identified a stably inherited mutant RF1 with a semi-dwarfing phenotype through EMS mutagenesis in combination with the FJ cultivar, demonstrating the power of genetic strategy in fruit crop breeding and providing insight into improving agronomic traits in bananas and beyond.
Banana is a major fruit crop grown in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. Among cultivars, FenJiao, FJ (Musa spp. ABB, Pisang Awak subgroup) is a popular variety of bananas, due to its better sugar-acid blend and relatively small fruit shape. However, because the traditional FJ variety grows relatively high in height, it is vulnerable to lodging and unsuitable for harvesting. In this study, we sought desirable banana mutants by carrying out ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) mutagenesis with the FJ cultivar. After the FJ shoot tips had been treated with 0.8% (v/v) EMS for 4 h, we obtained a stably inherited mutant, here called ReFen 1 (RF1), and also observed a semi-dwarfing phenotype. Compared with the wild type (FJ), this RF1 mutant featured consistently improved agronomic traits during 5-year field experiments conducted in three distinct locations in China. Notably, the RF1 plants showed significantly enhanced cold tolerance and Sigatoka disease resistance, mainly due to a substantially increased soluble content of sugar and greater starch accumulation along with reduced cellulose deposition. Therefore, this study not only demonstrated how a powerful genetic strategy can be used in fruit crop breeding but also provided insight into the identification of novel genes for agronomic trait improvement in bananas and beyond.

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