The experiment was set up following
a Complete Randomised Design (CRD). The treatments
comprised of transgenic banana plantlets containing gusA
and hpt genes and non transgenic control banana plants.
These plantlets were innoculated with F. oxysporum (V5W2-9
NH3). The experiment was run for a period of 13-16 weeks
during which normal agronomic practices were done to
ensure proper growth. Each replicate had 5 transgenic plants
and 2 controls. The experiment was repeated three times.
Re-isolation of the fungal organisms was done by destructive
sampling of the roots. The re-isolations were done three
times.