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Identification of a QTL conferring resistance to the Subtropical Race 4 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense in Calcutta 4 (Musa acuminata ssp. burmannica)
Andrew Chen
1 ,
,† , Guillaume Martin
2,3 ,† , Altus Viljoen
4 , Jiaman Sun
5 , Emily Rames
6 , Nabila Yahiaoui
2,3 , Angelique D’hont
2,3 , Brett J. Ferguson
7 and Rony Swennen
8,9 , Robert J. Henry
10,11 , Rajeev K. Varshney
12 , Elizabeth A.B. Aitken,
1 ,
1School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
2CIRAD, UMR AGAP Institut, F-34398 Montpellier, France
3UMR AGAP Institut, Université Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, F-34398 Montpellier, France
4Department of Plant Pathology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa
5School of Life Science, Jiaying University, Meizhou 514015, China
6Department of Primary Industries, Maroochy Research Facility, Nambour, QLD 4560, Australia
7Integrative Legume Research Group, School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
8International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Banana Breeding, PO Box 7878, Kampala, Uganda
9Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven University, Willem De Croylaan 42, bus 2455, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
10Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
11ARC Centre for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
12Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, WA State Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
*Corresponding author. E-mail: a.chen2@uq.edu.au,e.aitken@uq.edu.au
†Both authors contributed equally to the study.
Horticulture Research 13,
Article number: uhag001 (2026)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhag001
Views: 37
Received: 02 Sep 2025
Accepted: 31 Dec 2025
Published online: 09 Jan 2026
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