Plantain (Musa AAB), a primary food crop in Ghana, is a key component in sustainable agricultural systems in high rainfall zones. Recently, there has been a substantial yield decline and reduction in plantation life. To elucidate the context in which intervention strategies should be developed, a...
Schill, P.F.
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Afreh-Nuamah, K.
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Gold, C.S.
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Green, K.R.
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[Farmers perception of constraints in plantain production in Ghana]
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Farmers perception of constraints in plantain production in Ghana
This paper, based on a socio-economic survey, investigates the productivity of compound plantain production and constraints to large scale production on the basis of the compound production method. The paper shows that production under the compound system results in nearly four times as much yiel...
Nweke, F.
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Njoku, J.
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Wilson, G.
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[Productivity and limitations of plantain (Musa spp. cv AAB) production in compound gardens in southeastern Nigeria]
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Productivity and limitations of plantain (Musa spp. cv AAB) production in compound gardens in southeastern Nigeria
This publication reviews in detail the history of shoot-tip culture of Musa, in vitro propagation procedures, in vitro conservation, germplasm exchange using in vitro cultures and potential problems.
Vuylsteke, D.R.
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[Shoot tip culture for the propagation, conservation and exchange of Musa germplasm]
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Shoot tip culture for the propagation, conservation and exchange of Musa germplasm
Plantain-derived tetraploid hybrids are routinely crossed In Musa breeding programmes with diploid Musa accessions for the efficient generation of putative triploid hybrid seed. However, natural open pollination of these same tetraploid hybrids also consistently generates viable seed. The mean ge...
Ortiz, R.
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Crouch, J.H.
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[The efficiency of natural and artificial pollinators in plantain (Musa spp. AAB group) hybridisation and seed production]
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The efficiency of natural and artificial pollinators in plantain (Musa spp. AAB group) hybridisation and seed production
Ortiz, R.
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Austin, P.D.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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[IITA High Rainfall Station: twenty years of research for sustainable agriculture in the West African humid forest]
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IITA High Rainfall Station: twenty years of research for sustainable agriculture in the West African humid forest
Plantains and bananas (Musa spp. L.) are inter- or intraspecific triploid hybrids derived from crosses between M. acuminata Colla. (A genome) and M. balbisiana Colla. (B genome). Cultivars have been assigned to different taxonomic groups (AA, BB, AAA, AAB, ABB, etc.) based on morphological qualit...
Osuji, J.O.
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Okoli, B.E.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Multivariate pattern of quantitative trait variation in triploid banana and plantain cultivars]
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Multivariate pattern of quantitative trait variation in triploid banana and plantain cultivars
Nalunga, Asha
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Kikulwe, Enoch
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Nowakunda, K.
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Ajambo, Susan
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Naziri, D.
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[Technical report: Structure of the cooking banana value chain in Uganda and opportunities for value addition and postharvest losses reduction]
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Technical report: Structure of the cooking banana value chain in Uganda and opportunities for value addition and postharvest losses reduction
Plantain and banana (Musa spp. L.) polyploid hybrids have been obtained after interspecific hybridisation and ploidy manipulations (i.e., interploidy crosses). The identification of promising hybrids for cultivar release requires their field testing to assess agronomic performance. The potential ...
Ortiz, R.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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[Improved polyploid Musa germplasm developed by IITA through ploidy manipulations]
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Improved polyploid Musa germplasm developed by IITA through ploidy manipulations
The effect of processing on the proximate and mineral composition, as well as pasting properties of
whole flour produced from a selection of new Musa hybrids generated by the International Institute
ofTropical Agriculture (IITA) was investigated. Results show that blanching had signiftcant effect...
Adeniji, T.A.
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Tenkouano, A.
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[Effect of processing on the proximate, mineral, and pasting properties of whole flour made from some new plantain and banana hybrids pulp and peel mixture]
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Effect of processing on the proximate, mineral, and pasting properties of whole flour made from some new plantain and banana hybrids pulp and peel mixture