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
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
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
Effects of fallow type, sucker sanitation (hot-water treatment, HWT) and fertilizer
application on yield, root and corm health of two plantain cultivars were investigated.
Most yield parameters were strongest affected by fallow type with more producing
plants, higher bunch mass and yield after fo...
Hauser, S.
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Mekoa, C.
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Jacobsen, K.S.
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[Bunch yield response of two cultivars of plantain (Musa spp., AAB, Subgroups French and False horn) to hot water treatment and fertilizer application planted after forest and bush/grass fallow]
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Bunch yield response of two cultivars of plantain (Musa spp., AAB, Subgroups French and False horn) to hot water treatment and fertilizer application planted after forest and bush/grass fallow
Crop growth and damage parameters (plant growth and yield, root damage and nematode population densities), believed to be associated with resistance of Musa genotypes to nematodes under field conditions, were evaluated in a field trial of 24 Musa genotypes inoculated at planting with a combinatio...
Hartman, J.B.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
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Speijer, P.R.
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Ssango, F.
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Coyne, D.L.
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Waele, D. de
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[Measurement of the field response of Musa genotypes to Radopholus similis and Helicotylenchus multicinctus and the implications for nematode resistance breeding]
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Measurement of the field response of Musa genotypes to Radopholus similis and Helicotylenchus multicinctus and the implications for nematode resistance breeding