This book provides important information resulting from a lifetime dedicated to banana research. Ken Shepherd has not only devoted his life to studying bananas, but has focused on an area much neglected by other researchers, Musa cytology. The publishing of this book is especially timely given th...
INIBAP has just published the second edition of Musalogue - a catalogue of Musa diversity. This publication provides descriptions and photographs of species and varieties covering most of the diversity in the genus Musa. Each entry in the catalogue is represented by a photograph and a morpho-taxo...
Daniells, J.
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Jenny, C.
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Karamura, D.
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Tomekpe, K.
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International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[Musalogue: Diversity in the genus Musa]
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Musalogue: Diversity in the genus Musa
This issue of Musalogue is intended to facilitate and encourage the utilisation of the germplasm collected in Papua New Guinea. The collecting of Papua New Guinea's unique diploid genepool, for preservation as well as for use in breeding programmes, was recommended during an international worksho...
Arnaud, Elizabeth
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Horry, J.P.
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International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[Musalogue: a catalogue of Musa germplasm: Papua New Guinea collecting missions 1988-89]
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Musalogue: a catalogue of Musa germplasm: Papua New Guinea collecting missions 1988-89
This manual describes the key post-harvest criteria and methods/procedures for routine selection of new Musa hybrids. There are many post-harvest criteria for screening new banana, cooking banana and plantain hybrids, however the major ones include : post-harvest characteristics at harvest, fruit...
Dadzie, B.K.
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Orchad, J.E.
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International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[Post-harvest criteria and methods for routine screening of banana and plantain hybrids]
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Post-harvest criteria and methods for routine screening of banana and plantain hybrids
For the International Musa Testing Programme (IMTP) Phase II, germplasm was evaluated for resistance to black Sigatoka (M. fijiensis), yellow Sigatoka (M. musicola) and Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense). The majority of IMTP Phase II trials were planted during 1996 and 1997. The f...
Orjeda, G.
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International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[Evaluating bananas: A global partnership: results of IMTP phase II]
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Evaluating bananas: A global partnership: results of IMTP phase II
This publication results from a collaboration between FHIA, Honduras and INIBAP and provides information on the tremendous work carried out by Paul Allen during the 1950's and 60's to build and characterise the Musa collection of the United Fruit Co. (now FHIA's collection). The book contains dat...
Rosales, F.
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Arnaud, Elizabeth
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Coto, J.
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International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[A tribute to the work of Paul Allen: A catalogue of wild and cultivated bananas]
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A tribute to the work of Paul Allen: A catalogue of wild and cultivated bananas