Numerical taxonomic studies of the East African highland bananas (Musa AAA - East Africa) in Uganda

The purpose of this study was to determine the variation pattern that exists in the East African Highland bananas (Musa AAA) grown in Uganda, estimate levels of dissimilarity caused by different growing conditions, and establish a flexible provisional classification and identification system. Techni...

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Autores principales: Karamura, D.A., International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
Formato: Conference Proceedings
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1999
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104967
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description The purpose of this study was to determine the variation pattern that exists in the East African Highland bananas (Musa AAA) grown in Uganda, estimate levels of dissimilarity caused by different growing conditions, and establish a flexible provisional classification and identification system. Techniques of numerical taxonomy were employed to determine the variation pattern. Sixty-one morphological characters were employed to determine differences among the 238 accessions available for the study. The East African Highland bananas have been kept as a subgroup within a group (Musa AAA). The smallest distinguishable units in the subgroup are clones and they have been grouped into clone sets. Five clone sets were delineated, based mainly on qualitative characters. The clone sets were distinct enough for new accessions to be fitted into them. These data can now be used to develop hypotheses concerning the evolutionary background of the East African Highland bananas and to exploit vigour, pest and disease resistance in the representative clones of the different clone sets proposed.
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spelling CGSpace1049672025-11-05T07:51:48Z Numerical taxonomic studies of the East African highland bananas (Musa AAA - East Africa) in Uganda Karamura, D.A. International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain musa morphology classification pests diseases The purpose of this study was to determine the variation pattern that exists in the East African Highland bananas (Musa AAA) grown in Uganda, estimate levels of dissimilarity caused by different growing conditions, and establish a flexible provisional classification and identification system. Techniques of numerical taxonomy were employed to determine the variation pattern. Sixty-one morphological characters were employed to determine differences among the 238 accessions available for the study. The East African Highland bananas have been kept as a subgroup within a group (Musa AAA). The smallest distinguishable units in the subgroup are clones and they have been grouped into clone sets. Five clone sets were delineated, based mainly on qualitative characters. The clone sets were distinct enough for new accessions to be fitted into them. These data can now be used to develop hypotheses concerning the evolutionary background of the East African Highland bananas and to exploit vigour, pest and disease resistance in the representative clones of the different clone sets proposed. 1999 2019-10-15T15:43:56Z 2019-10-15T15:43:56Z Conference Proceedings https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104967 en Open Access application/pdf International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain; Karamura, D.A. (1999) Numerical taxonomic studies of the East African highland bananas (Musa AAA - East Africa) in Uganda.
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morphology
classification
pests
diseases
Karamura, D.A.
International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
Numerical taxonomic studies of the East African highland bananas (Musa AAA - East Africa) in Uganda
title Numerical taxonomic studies of the East African highland bananas (Musa AAA - East Africa) in Uganda
title_full Numerical taxonomic studies of the East African highland bananas (Musa AAA - East Africa) in Uganda
title_fullStr Numerical taxonomic studies of the East African highland bananas (Musa AAA - East Africa) in Uganda
title_full_unstemmed Numerical taxonomic studies of the East African highland bananas (Musa AAA - East Africa) in Uganda
title_short Numerical taxonomic studies of the East African highland bananas (Musa AAA - East Africa) in Uganda
title_sort numerical taxonomic studies of the east african highland bananas musa aaa east africa in uganda
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morphology
classification
pests
diseases
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