Plantain/Banana breeding program

Amah, a regional breeding manager takes some students on a tour around the plantain and banana breeding programs of IITA where Plantain/Banana is bred to support food security. The tissue culture laboratory uses tissue culture techniques to germinate seeds from crosses through embryo germination or...

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Autor principal: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Formato: Video
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120493
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Sumario:Amah, a regional breeding manager takes some students on a tour around the plantain and banana breeding programs of IITA where Plantain/Banana is bred to support food security. The tissue culture laboratory uses tissue culture techniques to germinate seeds from crosses through embryo germination or rescue to produce a large number of good quality planting materials and also for conservation of genetic resources used for breeding.