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values in ‘Cavendish Enano’ ranged between 25.0 to 34.9 days <strong>and</strong> 27.0 to<br />
36.9 days in ‘Williams’ as is marked between dotted vertical lines showing<br />
pretty variation contrasting greatly with the higher values.<br />
Cohan et al. (2003) working with a plantain hybrid ‘CRBP-39’<br />
(AAAB) which resulted from across by a female triploid ‘French clair’<br />
(AAB) susceptible to black Sigatoka <strong>and</strong> the banana diploid ‘M53’ (AA)<br />
resistant cultivar, obtained very low infection index in three phases (at<br />
vegetative 6-month, flowering time <strong>and</strong> harvest), having values of 0.50,<br />
0.08 <strong>and</strong> 0.0% of this parameter, respectively, as a character of excellent<br />
resistant to black Sigatoka as compared to the parental female which<br />
showed 33.37, 22.47 <strong>and</strong> 91.46%, respectively. Molina <strong>and</strong> Castaño (2003)<br />
with ‘FHIA-01’ <strong>and</strong> ‘FHIA-17’ lowest values of II-% were obtained during<br />
the vegetative growth, flowering <strong>and</strong> harvest (3 phases) in comparison with<br />
the susceptible as it is ‘Gros Michel’. The two <strong>for</strong>mer ones showed 33, 32<br />
<strong>and</strong> 41% at three phases; in contrast the latter that were 46, 44 <strong>and</strong> 90%. At<br />
the harvest phase functional leaves were 5 in both resistant cultivars<br />
compared with no leaf obtained in the susceptible cultivar. These results<br />
substantiate the positive relationships between the functional leaves <strong>and</strong><br />
bunch weight. In terms of resistance mechanism, Romero <strong>and</strong> Sutton<br />
(1997) mentioned that the exact mechanism of resistance of bananas to<br />
black Sigatoka is unknown. Low stomatal density <strong>and</strong> increased levels of<br />
epicuticular wax, phytoalexin production, the production of lignin or<br />
suberin, <strong>and</strong> resistance to phytotoxins produced by pathogen have been<br />
suggested as possible mechanisms. Krishnamoorthy et al. (2004a) reported<br />
that the levels of chlorophyll, sugars, <strong>and</strong> the activity of ascorbic acid<br />
oxidase were positively correlated with the infection index, whereas the<br />
levels of proline <strong>and</strong> lignin, <strong>and</strong> the activity of peroxidase were negatively<br />
correlated.<br />
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