Genetic diversity and structure of Musa balbisiana populations in Vietnam and its implications for the conservation of banana crop wild relatives

• Arne Mertens ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: arne.mertens70@gmail.com

  Affiliations Laboratory of Tropical Crop Improvement, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3272-9464

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• Yves Bawin,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium, Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1663-6535

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• Samuel Vanden Abeele,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium

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• Simon Kallow,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratory of Tropical Crop Improvement, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Millennium Seed Bank, West Sussex, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0869-5797

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• Dang Toan Vu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Planning and International Department, Plant Resources Center, VAAS, Hanoi, Vietnam

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• Loan Thi Le,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Genebank Management, Plant Resources Center, VAAS, Hanoi, Vietnam

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• Tuong Dang Vu,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Research Planning and International Department, Plant Resources Center, VAAS, Hanoi, Vietnam

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7784-6598

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• Rony Swennen,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratory of Tropical Crop Improvement, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Arusha, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5258-9043

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• Filip Vandelook,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium

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• Bart Panis,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bioversity International, Leuven, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6717-947X

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• Steven B. Janssens

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium, Molecular Biotechnology of Plants and Micro-organisms, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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