Banana Genome Could Help Bunches

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Researchers sequenced the genome of a type of banana, which may help the most popular banana variety ward off diseases that threaten its existence. Sophie Bushwick reports

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It?s not easy being yellow: bananas now face two separate fungal epidemics, which threaten to pluck the fruit off of our tables. Fortunately, researchers have now sequenced banana DNA, producing the genome of a banana variety that may hold the secret to defeating the diseases. The report is in the journal Nature. [Ang?lique D?Hont et al., "The banana (Musa acuminata) genome and the evolution of monocotyledonous plants"]

Today, half of all bananas, including the ones you probably buy, belong to the Cavendish variety, whose popularity stems in part from having no seeds. But this trait also removes sexual reproduction from the equation. The bananas are thus all genetically identical?and identically vulnerable to the two fungal epidemics, Panama disease and black leaf streak disease.

Researchers sequenced the genome of a banana variety called DH-Pahang, whose genes contributed to the Cavendish. While the genome shows where this fruit fits in the history of plant evolution, it could also help researchers understand why DH-Pahang, unlike its descendant, is resistant to the funguses behind both Panama and black leaf streak disease.

Knowing the genes responsible for this resistance could help breeders create stronger, more resistant bananas. Which has a lot of appeal.

?Sophie Bushwick

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Congress candidate wins India presidential vote

Relatives throw flower petals as India's president elect Pranab Mukherjee addresses media outside his residence after wining in New Delhi, India, Sunday, July 22, 2012. The candidate from India?s governing Congress party, former Finance Minister Mukherjee, was declared winner Sunday in the election for the country?s next president, a largely ceremonial position. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)

Relatives throw flower petals as India's president elect Pranab Mukherjee addresses media outside his residence after wining in New Delhi, India, Sunday, July 22, 2012. The candidate from India?s governing Congress party, former Finance Minister Mukherjee, was declared winner Sunday in the election for the country?s next president, a largely ceremonial position. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)

India's President elect Pranab Mukherjee, right, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, greet the media outside Mukherjee's residence in New Delhi, India, Sunday, July 22, 2012. The candidate from India?s governing Congress party, former Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, was declared winner Sunday in the election for the country?s next president, a largely ceremonial position. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)

India's president elect Pranab Mukherjee greets media outside his residence after wining in New Delhi, India, Sunday, July 22, 2012. The candidate from India?s governing Congress party, former Finance Minister Mukherjee, was declared winner Sunday in the election for the country?s next president, a largely ceremonial position. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)

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India's President-elect Pranab Mukherjee greets journalists outside his residence after wining the presidential election in New Delhi, India, Sunday, July 22, 2012. Former Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the candidate from India's governing Congress party, has claimed victory in the election for the country's next president, a largely ceremonial position. (AP Photo/Pankaj Nangia)

NEW DELHI (AP) ? The candidate from India's governing Congress party, former Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, was declared winner Sunday in voting for the country's president, a largely ceremonial position.

Election official P.K. Agnihotri said Mukherjee, 76, had received more than twice as many votes as his rival in last Thursday's balloting by national and state legislators.

"I express deep gratitude to the people for electing me to this high office," Mukherjee said. He said he would try to justify the people's trust.

His rival, Purno Agitok Sangma, conceded defeat before the counting was complete Sunday. "I congratulate Mukherjee on his victory and I wish him success," he told reporters.

Mukherjee's elated supporters danced to the beat of drums and set off firecrackers outside his residence as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi, the Congress party chief, arrived to congratulate him. Several opposition groups also backed Mukherjee.

Mukherjee and Sangma, a former speaker of Parliament, were competing to succeed India's first female president, Pratibha Devisingh Patil. Mukherjee is to be sworn in on Wednesday.

In India, the prime minister is the head of government and the president is mainly a figurehead.

Mukherjee has served previously as foreign minister, defense minister and finance minister. His latest term as finance minister from 2009 until earlier this year was marred by declining growth, a tumbling currency, rising inflation and a failure to push through proposed reforms. India's economic growth in the last quarter was 5.3 percent, the slowest rate in years.

Mukherjee's emphatic win is a morale booster for the beleaguered ruling party, which faces parliamentary elections in 2014. Its image has been tarnished by corruption allegations against several ministers and demands that it take more action against graft.

In a reflection of Mukherjee's personal ties with politicians of all hues, lawmakers belonging to some key allies of the main opposition group, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, voted for him.

The Congress party will need their continued support to overcome a major challenge from the BJP and its allies in the 2014 elections.

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Katherine Jackson is safe in Arizona

By NBC News and wire services

Despite reports that Katherine Jackson, Michael Jackson's mother, had gone missing, authorities confirmed on Sunday night that the matriarch is safe in Arizona with family members.

Katherine Jackson, 82, was officially reported missing Saturday night by a concerned family member?amid a dispute over the estate of her superstar son. She is the guardian of his three minor children, Paris, Prince Michael and Blanket Jackson.?

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department was still trying to speak with Katherine Jackson but said she reportedly is with other relatives. Deputies told NBC News they would like Jackson to contact the Malibu Lost Hills Sheriff's Office.

Early Sunday morning, NBC News received a letter from an attorney who says she represents Katherine Jackson. The letter indicated that?Katherine Jackson was believed to be missing but did not offer any clues as to her whereabouts.

Paris Jackson, the 14-year-old daughter of the late Michael Jackson, tweeted early Sunday that her grandmother was missing.

"I haven't spoken with her in a week I want her home now," she posted from her Twitter account. She also tweeted a number for people to contact in case they saw the 82-year-old matriarch of the famous singing clan.

It was unclear who was caring for the children during Katherine Jackson's absence.

Katherine Jackson also hadn't been in contact with her attorneys, who worked Sunday to learn more information about her whereabouts and why she had suddenly become incommunicado, including with her grandchildren.

"First of all, let's hope that this is all just a big misunderstanding and a totally benign situation," her attorney Perry Sanders Jr. said Sunday. "Assuming that she did actually leave on doctor's orders, no matter which doctor, it has certainly created an absolutely irregular situation whereby she has been out of contact with her grandchildren."?

The family drama unfolded days after it was revealed that some of Katherine Jackson's children had written a letter to the executors of Michael Jackson's estate, alleging his will, which left his fortune to his children, his mother and charity, was a fake.

The undated letter, signed by Janet, Randy, Tito, Rebbie and Jermaine Jackson, claimed Katherine Jackson was being manipulated by the executors, John Branca and John McClain, her health had been affected, and she suffered a mini-stroke.

The legitimacy of the letter was confirmed by Randy Jackson on Twitter, and Janet Jackson retweeted his post.

The estate has denied the accusations.

Paris Jackson lashed out at her uncle Randy Jackson on Twitter, saying her grandmother was fine.

"I will defend my beloved family member with all I have, even if it means from other family members," the tweet said.

She later apologized, saying she just wanted to let people know that her grandmother did not have a stroke.

Katherine Jackson's attorney Perry Sanders Jr. said Friday that his client did not have a stroke, according to his interactions with her and with her relatives. Sanders could not immediately be reached Sunday for comment.

On Friday, Jermaine Jackson tweeted that his mother was resting on the orders of a doctor in Arizona.

"I want to reassure everyone (inc all sudden medical experts) that mother is fine but is resting up in AZ on the orders of a doctor, not us," he tweeted.

Conrad Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the June 2009 propofol overdose death of Jackson at age 50.

Attorneys handling Jackson's estate and financial matters are routinely in court, but a hearing on the guardianship hasn't been held since December. That hearing was a routine session to approve attorneys' fees and there are no future hearings currently scheduled.

Caity Cudworth, a representative for the Jackson brothers Jermaine, Jackie, Tito and Marlon, who are on a nationwide tour, did not immediately respond to an early Sunday morning request for comment, nor did Danielle Marie Owens, a representative for Janet Jackson.

Jackson's estate recently filed court records indicating it had generated gross earnings of $475 million and successfully handled hundreds of millions of dollars in debts the singer had accrued.

Sanders filed a request to audit the estate's financial records and said Friday he made the routine request three weeks ago and it was not prompted by the Jackson siblings' letter.

Sanders said he did not think the estate had done anything wrong, but Katherine Jackson's team should be provided with detailed records of the estate's finances.

"I think it's part of appropriate due diligence," he said of the audit.

Information from the Associated Press was included in this report.

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