Breeding black sigatoka resistant plantains with a wild banana.

Plantain (Musa spp., AAB group), an important staple food crop in the lowland humid tropics of Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean, is threatened by a fungal leaf spot disease called black Sigatoka. Two African plantain cultivars of the medium French category were crossed with ‘Calcutta 4’...

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Main Authors: Swennen, R., Vuylsteke, D.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 1993
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179989

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