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I extend my gratitude also to Dr. Kazuo Watanabe, Professor of<br />

the University of Tsukuba, Doctor Program of Bio-Industrial Sciences <strong>for</strong><br />

his technical assistance during flow cytometer <strong>and</strong> viruses analysis.<br />

Thanks to M. Sc. Ingnacio Sotomayor Herrera, Director of the<br />

Estación Experimental Tropical Pichilingue (EETP), Instituto Nacional<br />

Autónomo de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP), <strong>for</strong> his disinterested<br />

collaboration providing facilities <strong>for</strong> the normal conductance of the field<br />

experiments, to M. Sc. Iván Garzón, Head of the Laboratory of<br />

Biotechnology, Estación Experimental Tropical Pichilingue (EETP),<br />

Instituto Nacional Autónomo de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP), <strong>for</strong><br />

his support <strong>for</strong> evaluations of the banana materials at nursery <strong>and</strong> field<br />

conditions.<br />

I am appreciative to Dr. Carmen Suarez, M. Sc. Danilo Vera <strong>and</strong><br />

Egdo. Roy Vera, Laboratory of Phytopathology, Estación Experimental<br />

Tropical Pichilingue (EETP), Instituto Nacional Autónomo de<br />

Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP), providing M. fijiensis colonies <strong>for</strong> a<br />

better conductance of this project <strong>and</strong> Ing. Mariuxi Cedeño, Tcnga. Behtty<br />

Castillo, Mr. Roberto Loza, Laboratory of Biotechnology (EETP-INIAP),<br />

<strong>for</strong> their valuable collaboration <strong>for</strong> evaluations at field conditions.<br />

I am grateful <strong>for</strong> Ms. Danilda Duran Hufana <strong>for</strong> her<br />

unconditional help <strong>and</strong> editing of the manuscript <strong>and</strong> M. Sc. Luis Duicela <strong>for</strong><br />

his support with the statistical analysis.<br />

I wish to thank the Ministry of Education, Science <strong>and</strong> Culture of<br />

Japan <strong>for</strong> the scholarship allowing me to purse my Doctoral degree at the<br />

University of Tsukuba, Japan.<br />

Thanks also to all those who have contributed from the start <strong>and</strong><br />

completion of this study <strong>and</strong> whose names are not mentioned.<br />

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