Preliminary results at IITA in breeding plantain for black sigatoka resistance in Africa
Africa accounts for 50 of all plantain produced in the world. These plantains are overwhelmingly import as a food crop for local consumption. Black sigatoka has now invaded Africa, thereby endangering this important food source. The long term solution lies in the creation of black sigatoka resistant...
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| author | Swennen, Rony L. Vuylsteke, D.R. |
| author_browse | Swennen, Rony L. Vuylsteke, D.R. |
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| description | Africa accounts for 50 of all plantain produced in the world. These plantains are overwhelmingly import as a food crop for local consumption. Black sigatoka has now invaded Africa, thereby endangering this important food source. The long term solution lies in the creation of black sigatoka resistant plantains. The available Musa germplasm at IITA was screened for female fertility with AA black sigatoka resistant diploids. Sixteen `French' plantains and seven `False Horn' plantains produced seed. Hybrid progeny was rescued using embryo culture techniques and the first black sigatoka resistant tetraploid plantain hybrid are currently under evaluation in the field. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1017532023-09-25T09:16:55Z Preliminary results at IITA in breeding plantain for black sigatoka resistance in Africa Swennen, Rony L. Vuylsteke, D.R. plantains food crops musa fertility hybrids tetraploids Africa accounts for 50 of all plantain produced in the world. These plantains are overwhelmingly import as a food crop for local consumption. Black sigatoka has now invaded Africa, thereby endangering this important food source. The long term solution lies in the creation of black sigatoka resistant plantains. The available Musa germplasm at IITA was screened for female fertility with AA black sigatoka resistant diploids. Sixteen `French' plantains and seven `False Horn' plantains produced seed. Hybrid progeny was rescued using embryo culture techniques and the first black sigatoka resistant tetraploid plantain hybrid are currently under evaluation in the field. 1991 2019-06-25T17:09:05Z 2019-06-25T17:09:05Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101753 en Limited Access Swennen, R. & Vuylsteke, D. (1991). Preliminary results at lITA in breeding plantain for black sigatoka resistance in Africa. In B. Anez, C. Nava, L. Sosa and R. Jaramillo(Eds.), 9th Meeting of the Association for Cooperation in Banana Research in the Caribbean and Tropical America. Mérida (Venezuela). 24-29 Sep 1989, (p. 235-244). |
| spellingShingle | plantains food crops musa fertility hybrids tetraploids Swennen, Rony L. Vuylsteke, D.R. Preliminary results at IITA in breeding plantain for black sigatoka resistance in Africa |
| title | Preliminary results at IITA in breeding plantain for black sigatoka resistance in Africa |
| title_full | Preliminary results at IITA in breeding plantain for black sigatoka resistance in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Preliminary results at IITA in breeding plantain for black sigatoka resistance in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preliminary results at IITA in breeding plantain for black sigatoka resistance in Africa |
| title_short | Preliminary results at IITA in breeding plantain for black sigatoka resistance in Africa |
| title_sort | preliminary results at iita in breeding plantain for black sigatoka resistance in africa |
| topic | plantains food crops musa fertility hybrids tetraploids |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101753 |
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