Researchers at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), College of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB), have successfully developed lines of ‘Lakatan’ banana with built-in resistance against the bunchy top virus (BBTV).
The team, led by Dr. Olivia P. Damasco of the Crop Science Cluster, used biotechnology-assisted mutation breeding, through gamma irradiation, to improve bananas’ resistance to BBTV.









