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Highlights• Stacked HRAP and PFLP transgenic plants had higher resistance to Xcm than nontransgenic plants.• Cumulative transcripts of both HRAP and PFLP in stacked transgenic did not correlate with resistance.• Transgenic plants accumulated more H 2 O 2 than non-transgenic plants in response to Xcm infection.• The response of transgenic plants to Xcm infection was characterized by up-regulation of genes encoding PR3 and GST.• Stacked HRAP and PFLP had no higher resistance against Xcm in comparison to individual transgenic plants. AbstractBanana production in Africa's great lakes region is threatened by the Banana Xanthomonas however, stacking might provide the benefit of durable resistance in case one transgene function is lost.