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2022
Journal article
The description, distribution and habitat of wild banana species in northern Viet Nam.
Northern Viet Nam displays a remarkable diversity of wild bananas ( L.) including the species from which the majority of cultivated bananas derive. The taxonomy and exact distribution of these wild bananas are however not well known, limiting their conservation and use. In the present study, we describe the morphology,... -
2017
Conference paper (published)
Collecting genetic variation on a small island.
Kallow, Simon ; Trivedi, Clare
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2017
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2022
Journal article
Phylogeography and conservation gaps of Musa balbisiana Colla genetic diversity revealed by microsatellite markers.
Collection and storage of crop wild relative (CWR) germplasm is crucial for preserving species genetic diversity and crop improvement. Nevertheless, much of the genetic variation of CWRs is absent in ex situ collections and detailed passport data are often lacking. Here, we focussed on one of the two main progenitor...Mertens, Arne ; Bawin, Yves ; Vanden Abeele, Samuel ; Kallow, Simon ; Swennen, Rony …
SSR, Genetic diversity, Ex situ conservation, Banana, Crop wild relatives, and Musa balbisiana
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2019
Conference paper (published)
Wild bananas detect forest gaps.
Banana crop wild relatives (CWR) grow in tropical to sub-tropical Asia and Pacific forest. They take advantage of forest disturbances to form patches in the forest or on the edges of cleared land. We investigate the mechanism by which seeds from banana CWRs are able to detect gaps and germinate...Kallow, Simon ; Davies, Rachael ; Janssens, Steven B. ; Vandelook, Filip ; Panis, Bart …
Pacific, Forest gaps, Bananas, Crop wild relatives, Seed germination, Musa, and Asia
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2020
Journal article
Challenges for Ex Situ Conservation of Wild Bananas: Seeds Collected in Papua New Guinea Have Variable Levels of Desiccation Tolerance.
Ex situ seed conservation of banana crop wild relatives (Musa spp. L.), is constrained by critical knowledge gaps in their storage and germination behaviour. Additionally, challenges in collecting seeds from wild populations impact the quality of seed collections. It is, therefore, crucial to evaluate the viability of seeds from such... -
2022
Journal article
Drying banana seeds for ex situ conservation.
The ability of seeds to withstand drying is fundamental to ex situ seed conservation but drying responses are not well known for most wild species including crop wild relatives. We look at drying responses of seeds of Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana, the two primary wild relatives of bananas and...Kallow, Simon ; Garcia Zuluaga, Manuela ; Fanega Sleziak, Natalia ; Nugraha, Bayu ; Mertens, Arne …
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2021
Journal article
Genetic diversity and structure of Musa balbisiana populations in Vietnam and its implications for the conservation of banana crop wild relatives.
Crop wild relatives (CWR) are an indispensable source of alleles to improve desired traits in related crops. While knowledge on the genetic diversity of CWR can facilitate breeding and conservation strategies, it has poorly been assessed. Cultivated bananas are a major part of the diet and income of hundreds of...Mertens, Arne ; Bawin, Yves ; Vanden Abeele, Samuel ; Kallow, Simon ; Vu Dang, Toan …
Species diversity, Genetics, Heterozygosity, Phylogeography, Vietnam, China, Leaves, and Population genetics
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2021
Journal article
Filling the gaps in gene banks: Collecting, characterizing, and phenotyping wild banana relatives of Papua New Guinea.
Eyland, David ; Breton, Catherine ; Sardos, Julie ; Kallow, Simon ; Panis, Bart …
Bananas, Musa, Seed collecting, Crop wild relatives , Papua New Guinea, Phenotypes, and Gene banks
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2021
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2021
Journal article
Maximizing genetic representation in seed collections from populations of self and cross-pollinated banana wild relatives.
Kallow, Simon ; Panis, Bart ; Vu Dang, Toan ; Vu Dang, Tuong ; Paofa, Janet …
Genetic diversity, Seed bank, Musa, Conservation strategy, Sampling, and Crop wild relatives
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2021
Journal article
Seed Banks as Incidental Fungi Banks: Fungal Endophyte Diversity in Stored Seeds of Banana Wild Relatives.
Hill, Rowena ; Llewellyn, Theo ; Downes, Elizabeth ; Oddy, Joseph ; MacIntosh, Catriona …
Endophytic fungi, Musa, Banana, Seed banking, Fusarium, Crop wild relatives, and Seed mycobiome
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2021
Journal article
Regulation of seed germination by diurnally alternating temperatures in disturbance-adapted banana crop wild relatives (Musa acuminata).
Seed conservation of banana crop wild relatives (Musa L. spp.) is limited because of lack of knowledge about their germination ecology. Musa acuminata Colla, the most important banana crop wild relative, is distributed in tropical and subtropical Asian and Pacific rainforests and colonizes disturbed sites. The role of temperature in... -
2014
Technical report
UK National Tree Seed Project Seed Collecting Manual
The UK National Tree Seed Project (UKNTSP) welcomes partners and volunteers to collect seed samples of nationally important trees and shrubs from across their UK range. This project will build a national ex situ collection of UK tree seed, maintained and managed by the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB). The collection...Kallow, Simon
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2019
Journal article
Genetic diversity in British populations of Taxus baccata L.: Is the seedbank collection representative of the genetic variation in the wild?
Seed banking is an invaluable tool in plant conservation, both as an archive and a source of genetic variation. Despite the increasing focus on the validation of sampling strategies, few studies have empirically related diversity in seed bank collections with variation in wild-provenance populations. By using a set of nuclear...Gargiulo, Roberta ; Saubin, Méline ; Rizzuto, Gabriele ; West, Bede ; Fay, Michael …
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2019
Journal article
Enset in Ethiopia: a poorly characterized but resilient starch staple.
Enset (Ensete ventricosum, Musaceae) is an African crop that currently provides the staple food for approx. 20 million Ethiopians. Whilst wild enset grows over much of East and Southern Africa and the genus extends across Asia to China, it has only ever been domesticated in the Ethiopian Highlands. Here, smallholder...