Published March 5, 2021
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Cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta) provides an effective monoxenic culture media for Radopholus similis
- 1. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nairobi, Kenya
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Cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta) was assessed for its suitability for culturing the banana burrowing nematode Radopholus similis. We were able to demonstrate its successful use for the monoxenic production of R. similis. The method is now being used routinely, in tandem with carrot, to produce R. similis in the Icipe-IITA Nematology Lab (NemAfrica), and is currently being assessed for inoculum production of other migratory species of plant-parasitic nematodes, such as Helicotylenchus multicinctus and Pratylenchus spp.
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The authors are grateful to all donors who supported this work through their contributions to the CGIAR Fund (https://www.cgiar.org/funders/) and in particular to the CGIAR Research Program for Roots, Tubers and Bananas
(CRP-RTB). The authors also gratefully acknowledge funding by the Accelerated Breeding of Better Bananas project
(OPP1213871) led by IITA.
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