Breeding efforts for genetic improvement of banana and plantain have gradually shifted from individual trait selection to simultaneous improvement of several traits, following an ideotype concept. Therefore, information on the phenotypic and genetic association among these traits, and the influen...
Les efforts d'amélioration génétique du bananier et du bananier-plantain ont graduellement passé de la sélection de caractères individuels à celle simultanée de plusieurs caractères, suivant un concept d'idéotype. Ainsi, il devenu est important pour le sélectionneur Musa de connaître le degré d'a...
Tenkouano, A.
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Ortiz, R.
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Baiyeri, K.
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[Phenotypic and genetic correlations in Musa populations in Nigeria]
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Phenotypic and genetic correlations in Musa populations in Nigeria
Plantain and banana (Musa spp) breeding involves crossing 3x (triploid) landraces to 2x (diploid) accessions as female and male parents, respectively, selecting 4x (tetraploid) and 2x primary hybrids from the 3x - 2x progenies, and crossing 4x - 2x hybrids to produce secondary 3x hybrids. In thes...
Reproductive growth in polyarchic Musa spp. varieties occurs by the simultaneous growth of several shoots, resulting in competitive inhibition of fruit development in the individual shoots, particularly under poor soil fertility conditions. Nine plantain genotypes were forced into single-culm gro...
Tenkouano, A.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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Swennen, R.
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[Sink competition and desuckering effects on field performance of triploid and tetraploid plantain genotypes]
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Sink competition and desuckering effects on field performance of triploid and tetraploid plantain genotypes