Genetic diversity and relationships were assessed in 28 accessions of Musa acuminata (AA) Colla and Musa balbisiana (BB) Colla, and some of their natural hybrids, using the amplified fragment length poly-morphisms (AFLP) technique. Fifteen AFLP +3 primer pairs produced 527 polymorphic bands among...
Ude, G.
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Pillay, M.
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Nwakanma, D.
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Tenkouano, A.
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[Genetic diversity in Musa acuminata Colla and Musa balbisiana Colla and some of their natural hybrids using AFLP markers]
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Genetic diversity in Musa acuminata Colla and Musa balbisiana Colla and some of their natural hybrids using AFLP markers
Tenkouano, A.
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Pillay, M.
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Coulibaly, O.
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[Hybrid distribution to farmers adoption and challenges]
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Hybrid distribution to farmers adoption and challenges
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
The genetic improvement of banana and plantain has focused on breeding for resistance to black sigatoka. This has been quite successful, but the distribution of improved hybrids has been impeded by the outbvreak of Banana streak virus (BSV). Integration of viral sequences in Musa genomes make it ...
Tenkouano, A.
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Hughes, J.
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Dahal, G.
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Pillay, M.
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[Prospects for breeding agronomically superior Musa with resistance or tolerance to BSV]
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Prospects for breeding agronomically superior Musa with resistance or tolerance to BSV
Tenkouano, A.
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Swennen, R.
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[Progress in breeding and delivering improved plantain and banana to African farmers]
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Progress in breeding and delivering improved plantain and banana to African farmers
This study investigated the utility of inoculation of in vitro plantlets in tubes and detached leaves as reliable and rapid assays for screening Musa genotypes against Mycosphaerella fijiensis, the causal agent of black leaf streak. In the first part of the study, three types of inocula were eval...
Twizeyimana, M.
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Ojiambo, P.S.
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Tenkouano, A.
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Ikotun, T.
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Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
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[Rapid screening of Musa species for resistance to black leaf streak using in vitro plantlets in tubes and detached leaves]
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Rapid screening of Musa species for resistance to black leaf streak using in vitro plantlets in tubes and detached leaves
Faturoti, B.
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Tenkouano, A.
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Lemchi, J.
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Nnaji, N.
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[Rapid multiplication of plantain and banana; macropropagation techniques: a pictorial guide]
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Rapid multiplication of plantain and banana; macropropagation techniques: a pictorial guide
The majority of edible bananas (Musa L.) are triploid (2n = 3x = 33) cultivars known as dessert, plantain, or cooking bananas with predominant AAA, AAB, and ABB genomes, justifying the aim of breeding programs to develop improved hybrids of the different utilization classes in the triploid backgr...
Oselebe, H.O.
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Tenkouano, A.
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Pillay, M.
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Obi, I.U.
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Uguru, M.I.
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[Ploidy and genome segregation in Musa breeding populations assessed by flow cytometry and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA markers]
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Ploidy and genome segregation in Musa breeding populations assessed by flow cytometry and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA markers
The present study aimed at determining the iron, zinc and β-carotene contents of the plantain-based foods commonly consumed in Southern Nigeria to assess the quantitative contribution of plantain consumption in meeting iron, zinc and vitamin A requirements of both children and their mothers. A su...
Honfo, F.
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Hell, K.
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Coulibaly, O.
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Tenkouano, A.
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[Micronutrient value and contribution of plantainderivrd foods to daily intakes of iron, zinc and betacartene in southern Nigeria]
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Micronutrient value and contribution of plantainderivrd foods to daily intakes of iron, zinc and betacartene in southern Nigeria
Studies on the influence of environmental conditions on Musa plant growth have predominantly focused on dessert bananas (Musa AAA group). The effect of location, field within location and planting date on shoot and root traits of field-grown flowering plants of 6 Musa spp. genotypes belonging to ...
Les etudes sur I'influence des conditions environnementales sur la croissance des plantes Musa avaient surtout focalise surla banane de dessert (groupe Musa AAA). L'effet de I'emplacement, le champ a l'interieur de I 'emplacement et la date de plantationsur le rejeton et les traits de racines des...
Blomme, Guy
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Swennen, R.L.
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Tenkouano, A.
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[Environmental influences on shoot and root growth in banana and plantain]
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Environmental influences on shoot and root growth in banana and plantain