Despite considerable efforts of Musa improvement programmes, banana and plantain production still depends upon a limited number of landraces selected by man from the natural germplasm. Inability to replace land-races by cultivars obtained through cross-breeding creates the increased risk of epide...
Ferris, R.S.B.
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Ortiz, R.
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Chukwu, U.
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Akalumhe, Y.O.
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Akele, S.
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Ubi, A.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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[The introduction and market potential of exotic black sigatoka resistant cooking banana cultivars in West Africa]
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The introduction and market potential of exotic black sigatoka resistant cooking banana cultivars in West Africa
Recent successes in the conventional cross-breeding of plantains and cooking bananas by genetic improvement programmes will inevitably lead to an increase in the number of new clones that require testing before release to farmers. In most cases testing focused on disease resistance and yield but ...
Korie, S.
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Walker, P.
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Ortiz, R.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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Ferris, R.S.B.
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[Statistical tools to evaluate sensory data fro testing fruit quality of Musa]
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Statistical tools to evaluate sensory data fro testing fruit quality of Musa
Spilsbury J.
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Jagwe, J.
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Wanda, K.
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Nkuba, J.
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Ferris, R.S.B.
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[Evaluating the marketing opportunities for banana and its products in the principal banana growing countries of ASARECA: ASARECA monograph, No. 7]
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Evaluating the marketing opportunities for banana and its products in the principal banana growing countries of ASARECA: ASARECA monograph, No. 7
Banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus Germar) is a major limiting factor in the cultivation of plantains and bananas (Musa spp. L.) in sub-Saharan Africa. The larvae damage the crop by tunneling in the corm. Chemical control is feasible but not sustainable, whereas host plant resistance is safe an...
Ortiz, R.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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Dumpe, B.
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Ferris, R.S.B.
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[Banana weevil resistance and corn hardness in Musa germplasm]
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Banana weevil resistance and corn hardness in Musa germplasm
Ferris, R.S.B.
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Adeniji, T.A.
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Chukwu, U.
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Akalumhe, Y.O.
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Vulsteke, D.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Postharvest quality of plantains and cooking bananas]
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Postharvest quality of plantains and cooking bananas