Africa is one of the secondary centers of diversity for the genus Musa. There is a wide range of genetic diversity in the bananas found in the continent with different types dominating different ecological sub-regions. Banana production in Africa is affected by a number of diseases and pests. The development of resistant cultivars is considered to be the most effective approach to controlling diseases and pests. Banana breeding at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) involves crossing triploid (3x) landraces with diploid (2x) accessions to produce tetraploid (4x) hybrids. The 4x hybrids are crossed with improved 2x accessions to produce secondary triploids. In this study, the female fertility of 70 East African highlan...
The CGIAR genebank International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC) currently holds 1617 banana acc...
Bananas (Musa spp.), including dessert and cooking types, are of major importance in the tropics. Du...
Open Access JournalBanana (Musa spp.) is an important crop in the African Great Lakes region in term...
Africa is one of the secondary centers of diversity for the genus Musa. There is a wide range of gen...
Africa is one of the secondary centers of diversity for the genus Musa. There is a wide range of gen...
Banana (Musa spp.) cultivar diversity in the Great Lakes region of East Africa has been on the decli...
Banana and plantain production is severely threatened by several pests and diseases. Furthermore, wi...
Banana is one ofthe toughest crops for improvement through breeding, due to inherent sterility. How...
Studies on indegenous knowledge about the banana (Musa spp.) crop were carried out in Musa In situ p...
Since the seventies, factors such as declining soil fertility and the emergence of pests and disease...
There is a wide diversity of cultivated banana (Musa spp.) found growing in small-holder systems aro...
Like many vegetatively propagated crops, most cultivated bananas are highlyheterozygous polyploids o...
Production of East African highland banana (EA-AAA banana) ( Musa spp.) is limited by scarcity of ...
Banana ( Musa spp.) production and diversity in the East African region, has been on the decline for...
Application of biotechnological tools in breeding, germplasm conservation and propagation of the Eas...
The CGIAR genebank International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC) currently holds 1617 banana acc...
Bananas (Musa spp.), including dessert and cooking types, are of major importance in the tropics. Du...
Open Access JournalBanana (Musa spp.) is an important crop in the African Great Lakes region in term...
Africa is one of the secondary centers of diversity for the genus Musa. There is a wide range of gen...
Africa is one of the secondary centers of diversity for the genus Musa. There is a wide range of gen...
Banana (Musa spp.) cultivar diversity in the Great Lakes region of East Africa has been on the decli...
Banana and plantain production is severely threatened by several pests and diseases. Furthermore, wi...
Banana is one ofthe toughest crops for improvement through breeding, due to inherent sterility. How...
Studies on indegenous knowledge about the banana (Musa spp.) crop were carried out in Musa In situ p...
Since the seventies, factors such as declining soil fertility and the emergence of pests and disease...
There is a wide diversity of cultivated banana (Musa spp.) found growing in small-holder systems aro...
Like many vegetatively propagated crops, most cultivated bananas are highlyheterozygous polyploids o...
Production of East African highland banana (EA-AAA banana) ( Musa spp.) is limited by scarcity of ...
Banana ( Musa spp.) production and diversity in the East African region, has been on the decline for...
Application of biotechnological tools in breeding, germplasm conservation and propagation of the Eas...
The CGIAR genebank International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC) currently holds 1617 banana acc...
Bananas (Musa spp.), including dessert and cooking types, are of major importance in the tropics. Du...
Open Access JournalBanana (Musa spp.) is an important crop in the African Great Lakes region in term...