This report documents the exploration of wild banana populations on the East coast of Papua New Guinea in June, 2017, with the aim of collecting wild specimens for population genetics studies. The collecting team visited two provinces on the East coast: in Madang province, they collected samples ...
Sardos, J.
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Paofa, J.
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Janssens, S.
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Vanden Abeele, S.
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Roux, N.
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Panis, B.
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[Report.“Exploration of wild banana populations in Papua New Guinea”, 7-17 June 2017]
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Report.“Exploration of wild banana populations in Papua New Guinea”, 7-17 June 2017
Bananas (Musa spp.), including dessert and cooking types, are of major importance in the tropics. Due to extremely high levels of sterility, the diversity of cultivated bananas is fixed over long periods of time to the existing genotypes. This pattern puts banana-based agrosystems at risk. Theref...
Sardos, J.
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Christelova, P.
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Cizkova, J.
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Paofa, J.
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Sachter-Smith, G.L.
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Janssens, S.B.
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Rauka, G.
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Ruas, M.
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Daniells, J.W.
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Doležel, Jaroslav
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Roux, N.
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[Collection of new diversity of wild and cultivated bananas (Musa spp.) in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea]
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Collection of new diversity of wild and cultivated bananas (Musa spp.) in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG), including neighbouring islands, is a recognized centre of diversity and
potentially a domestication centre for banana (Christoleva et al. 2016; Lebot 1999; Sardos et al.
2016; Volkaert, 2011). IBPGR and QDPI (current DAF) in co-operation with the PNG Department of Agricult...
Sardos, J.
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Paofa, J.
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Janssens, S.
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Sachter-Smith, G.
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Rauka, G.
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Roux, N.
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[Banana collecting mission in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB), Papua New Guinea.]
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Banana collecting mission in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB), Papua New Guinea.
Sardos, J.
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Paofa, J.
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Sachter-Smith, G.
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Togabalaguguwa, E.
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Hribova, E.
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Van Den Houwe, I.
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Roux, N.
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[Report from the banana collecting mission to the Province of West New Britain, Papua New Guinea from September 30th to October 12th, 2019.]
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Report from the banana collecting mission to the Province of West New Britain, Papua New Guinea from September 30th to October 12th, 2019.