Genetically modified Dwarf Cavendish plants representing various combinations of transgenes and promoters were field trialed in Australia with the view of transferring the technology to East African highland banana cultivars in Uganda. While none of the lines in the plant crop met the target of 50% of the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) for vitamin A in vulnerable populations, 11 lines exceeded the target in the ratoon crop. According to the authors, the results "demonstrate that, rather than there being a reduction of expression with successive vegetative generations as a result of transgene silencing, the trait was stable".
The results were published in Plant Biotechnology Journal.
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