Breeding bananas and plantains: from intractability to feasibility
Banana has long been considered intractable to genetic improvement as only landraces are cultivated despite 75 years of breeding endeavors. However, recent advances in several breeding programs have demonstrated that development of improved germplasm through conventional cross-breeding may eventuall...
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International Society for Horticultural Science
2000
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92605 |
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