Plantains and bananas are economically important crops in many African countries where they are cultivated in compound gardens by small holders primarily for domestic consumption. These subsistence farmers generally believe that the cultural practice of removing the male buds from bearing banana ...
Okoro, J.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Effect of male bud removal on the yield of Musa genotypes in a humid forest zone of West Africa]
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Effect of male bud removal on the yield of Musa genotypes in a humid forest zone of West Africa
Thirty-seven pairs of accessions of East African highland bananas, listed under the same name in the Ugandan germplasm collections at Kawanda and Kabanyolo, were surveyed for 50 morphological characters. The data were subjected to cluster analysis and principal components analysis. Duplicates kno...
Pickersgrill, B.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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Gold, C.
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Karamura, E.B.
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Kiggundu, A.
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Karamura, D.
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[Multivariate analyses of supposedly duplicate accessions of east African highland bananas in germplasm colections in Uganda]
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Multivariate analyses of supposedly duplicate accessions of east African highland bananas in germplasm colections in Uganda
Banana has long been considered intractable to genetic improvement as only landraces are cultivated despite 75 years of breeding endeavors. However, recent advances in several breeding programs have demonstrated that development of improved germplasm through conventional cross-breeding may eventu...
Vuylsteke, D.R.
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[Breeding bananas and plantains: from intractability to feasibility]
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Breeding bananas and plantains: from intractability to feasibility
Traditional approaches to the breeding of Musa crops are highly demanding in terms of both time and space. However, the application of molecular genetic analysis may dramatically improve breeding efficiency. The objectives of the present study were to compare pedigree and DNA marker methods of es...
Tenkouano, A.
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Crouch, J.
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Crouch, H.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Comparison of DNA marker and pedigree-based methods of genetic analysis of plantain and banana (Musa spp.) clones; I: estimation of genetic relationships]
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Comparison of DNA marker and pedigree-based methods of genetic analysis of plantain and banana (Musa spp.) clones; I: estimation of genetic relationships
Pedigree and DNA marker-based methods were used to predict the performance of triploid progeny from tetraploid-diploid crosses, based on parental heterozygosity, genetic relatedness, and expected contribution to their progeny. There was no significant correlation between parental and progeny perf...
Tenkouano, A.
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Crouch, J.
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Crouch, H.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Comparison of DNA marker and pedigreebased methods of genetic analysis in plantain and banana (Musa spp.) clones; II: predicting hybrid performance]
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Comparison of DNA marker and pedigreebased methods of genetic analysis in plantain and banana (Musa spp.) clones; II: predicting hybrid performance
Vuylsteke, D.R.
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Ortiz, R.
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Ferris, S.
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Swennen, R.
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[PITA9': a blacksigatokaresistant hybrid from the false Horn plantain gene pool]
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PITA9': a blacksigatokaresistant hybrid from the false Horn plantain gene pool
A clonal evaluation trial of llTA plantain hybrids for black Sigatoka (85, resistance was established in October 1990. The trial included the three tetraploid hybrids TMPx 5484. TMP" 548-9and TMP" 5974. and their non-treated and fungicide-treated female plantain parent Obino l'Ewa' (French planta...
Gauhl, F.
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Mobambo, K.
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Pasberg-Gauhl, C.
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Swennen, R.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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[Preliminary evaluation of black sigatoka resistance in IITA plantain hybrids]
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Preliminary evaluation of black sigatoka resistance in IITA plantain hybrids
Variety improvement of plantain and banana (Musa spp.) is based on genetic diversity, which provides the basis for selection gain. This paper reviews result obtained by the Plantain and Banana Improvement Programme (PBIP) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in the development o...
Ortiz, R.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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Ferris, R.
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[Development of improved plantain/banana germplasm with black sigatoka resistance]
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Development of improved plantain/banana germplasm with black sigatoka resistance
Blomme, Guy
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Swennen, R.
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Tenkouano, A.
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Ortiz, R.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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[Estimation of root development from shoot traits in plantain and banana (Musa spp.)]
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Estimation of root development from shoot traits in plantain and banana (Musa spp.)
Vuylsteke, D.R.
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[Shoot-tip culture for the propagation, conservation and distribution of Musa germplasm]
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Shoot-tip culture for the propagation, conservation and distribution of Musa germplasm