Banana and plantain breeding

Despite considerable efforts of Musa improvement programmes, banana and plantain production still depends upon a limited number of landraces selected by man from the natural germplasm. Inability to replace land-races by cultivars obtained through cross-breeding creates the increased risk of epidemic...

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Main Authors: Ortíz, R., Ferris, R.S.B., Vuylsteke, D.R.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: 1995
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100889
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author Ortíz, R.
Ferris, R.S.B.
Vuylsteke, D.R.
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description Despite considerable efforts of Musa improvement programmes, banana and plantain production still depends upon a limited number of landraces selected by man from the natural germplasm. Inability to replace land-races by cultivars obtained through cross-breeding creates the increased risk of epidemic disease among genetically similar cultivars. Consequently, improvement programmes have concentrated almost exclusively on resistance breeding.
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spelling CGSpace1008892024-09-05T08:35:16Z Banana and plantain breeding Ortíz, R. Ferris, R.S.B. Vuylsteke, D.R. bananas plantains breeding genetics Despite considerable efforts of Musa improvement programmes, banana and plantain production still depends upon a limited number of landraces selected by man from the natural germplasm. Inability to replace land-races by cultivars obtained through cross-breeding creates the increased risk of epidemic disease among genetically similar cultivars. Consequently, improvement programmes have concentrated almost exclusively on resistance breeding. 1995 2019-04-24T12:29:32Z 2019-04-24T12:29:32Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100889 en Limited Access Ortiz, R., Ferris, R.S. & Vuylsteke, D. (1995). Banana and plantain breeding. In: S. Gowen(eds) Bananas and plantains. World Crop Series. Dordrecht, Netherland, Springer, (p.110-146).
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plantains
breeding
genetics
Ortíz, R.
Ferris, R.S.B.
Vuylsteke, D.R.
Banana and plantain breeding
title Banana and plantain breeding
title_full Banana and plantain breeding
title_fullStr Banana and plantain breeding
title_full_unstemmed Banana and plantain breeding
title_short Banana and plantain breeding
title_sort banana and plantain breeding
topic bananas
plantains
breeding
genetics
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