I would like to convey my gratitude to my promoters, Prof. Wim Bert, Prof. Laura Cortada-Gonzalez, and Prof. Danny L. Coyne. Your unwavering guidance, feedback, patience, and support throughout my research have been instrumental in the completion of this work. I feel fortunate to have worked with such an extraordinary and dynamic researchers. Special thanks to Prof. Rony Swennen, Dr. Yao Kolombia, and Dr. Amah Delphine for providing the necessary facilities, funding, technical support, and advice, ...

Daniel Coynehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2030-6328

Biotech and Plant Breeding; Natural Resource Management

Agronomy; Banana; Biodiversity; Crop Systems; Food Security; Genetic Improvement; Plant Breeding; Plant Genetic Resources; Plant Health; Plant Production; Plantain

Nematodes; Genetic Diversity; Plantains; Bananas; Cropping Systems; Food Security; Nigeria

Africa; West Africa

Nigeria

Eastern Africa Hub