Seed set patterns in east African highland cooking bananas are dependent on weather before, during and after pollination

Seed set in banana is influenced by weather, yet the key weather attributes and the critical period of influence are unknown. We therefore investigated the influence of weather during floral development for a better perspective of seed set increase. Three East African highland cooking bananas (EAHBs...

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Autores principales: Waniale, A., Swennen, Rony L., Mukasa, S., Tugume, Arthur K., Kubiriba, Jerome, Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce K., Batte, M., Brown, A., Tumuhimbise, Robooni
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114263
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author Waniale, A.
Swennen, Rony L.
Mukasa, S.
Tugume, Arthur K.
Kubiriba, Jerome
Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce K.
Batte, M.
Brown, A.
Tumuhimbise, Robooni
author_browse Batte, M.
Brown, A.
Kubiriba, Jerome
Mukasa, S.
Swennen, Rony L.
Tugume, Arthur K.
Tumuhimbise, Robooni
Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce K.
Waniale, A.
author_facet Waniale, A.
Swennen, Rony L.
Mukasa, S.
Tugume, Arthur K.
Kubiriba, Jerome
Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce K.
Batte, M.
Brown, A.
Tumuhimbise, Robooni
author_sort Waniale, A.
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description Seed set in banana is influenced by weather, yet the key weather attributes and the critical period of influence are unknown. We therefore investigated the influence of weather during floral development for a better perspective of seed set increase. Three East African highland cooking bananas (EAHBs) were pollinated with pollen fertile wild banana ‘Calcutta 4′. At full maturity, bunches were harvested, ripened, and seeds extracted from fruit pulp. Pearson’s correlation analysis was then conducted between seed set per 100 fruits per bunch and weather attributes at 15-day intervals from 105 days before pollination (DBP) to 120 days after pollination (DAP). Seed set was positively correlated with average temperature (P < 0.05–P < 0.001, r = 0.196–0.487) and negatively correlated with relative humidity (RH) (P < 0.05–P < 0.001, r = −0.158–−0.438) between 75 DBP and the time of pollination. After pollination, average temperature was negatively correlated with seed set in ‘Mshale’ and ‘Nshonowa’ from 45 to 120 DAP (P < 0.05–P < 0.001, r = −0.213–−0.340). Correlation coefficients were highest at 15 DBP for ‘Mshale’ and ‘Nshonowa’, whereas for ‘Enzirabahima’, the highest were at the time of pollination. Maximum temperature as revealed by principal component analysis at the time of pollination should be the main focus for seed set increase.
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spelling CGSpace1142632025-11-11T11:06:46Z Seed set patterns in east African highland cooking bananas are dependent on weather before, during and after pollination Waniale, A. Swennen, Rony L. Mukasa, S. Tugume, Arthur K. Kubiriba, Jerome Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce K. Batte, M. Brown, A. Tumuhimbise, Robooni bananas breeding pollination climate change weather east africa cooking bananas Seed set in banana is influenced by weather, yet the key weather attributes and the critical period of influence are unknown. We therefore investigated the influence of weather during floral development for a better perspective of seed set increase. Three East African highland cooking bananas (EAHBs) were pollinated with pollen fertile wild banana ‘Calcutta 4′. At full maturity, bunches were harvested, ripened, and seeds extracted from fruit pulp. Pearson’s correlation analysis was then conducted between seed set per 100 fruits per bunch and weather attributes at 15-day intervals from 105 days before pollination (DBP) to 120 days after pollination (DAP). Seed set was positively correlated with average temperature (P < 0.05–P < 0.001, r = 0.196–0.487) and negatively correlated with relative humidity (RH) (P < 0.05–P < 0.001, r = −0.158–−0.438) between 75 DBP and the time of pollination. After pollination, average temperature was negatively correlated with seed set in ‘Mshale’ and ‘Nshonowa’ from 45 to 120 DAP (P < 0.05–P < 0.001, r = −0.213–−0.340). Correlation coefficients were highest at 15 DBP for ‘Mshale’ and ‘Nshonowa’, whereas for ‘Enzirabahima’, the highest were at the time of pollination. Maximum temperature as revealed by principal component analysis at the time of pollination should be the main focus for seed set increase. 2021-06-29 2021-07-13T14:55:47Z 2021-07-13T14:55:47Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114263 en Open Access application/pdf MDPI Waniale, A., Swennen, R., Mukasa, S., Tugume, A.K., Kubiriba, J., Tushemereirwe, W.K., ... & Tumuhimbise, R. (2021). Seed set patterns in east African highland cooking bananas are dependent on weather before, during and after pollination. Horticulturae, 7(7), 165: 1-12.
spellingShingle bananas
breeding
pollination
climate change
weather
east africa
cooking bananas
Waniale, A.
Swennen, Rony L.
Mukasa, S.
Tugume, Arthur K.
Kubiriba, Jerome
Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce K.
Batte, M.
Brown, A.
Tumuhimbise, Robooni
Seed set patterns in east African highland cooking bananas are dependent on weather before, during and after pollination
title Seed set patterns in east African highland cooking bananas are dependent on weather before, during and after pollination
title_full Seed set patterns in east African highland cooking bananas are dependent on weather before, during and after pollination
title_fullStr Seed set patterns in east African highland cooking bananas are dependent on weather before, during and after pollination
title_full_unstemmed Seed set patterns in east African highland cooking bananas are dependent on weather before, during and after pollination
title_short Seed set patterns in east African highland cooking bananas are dependent on weather before, during and after pollination
title_sort seed set patterns in east african highland cooking bananas are dependent on weather before during and after pollination
topic bananas
breeding
pollination
climate change
weather
east africa
cooking bananas
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114263
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