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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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