Banana breeding progress and challenges /
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton :
CRC Press,
2011.
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Table of Contents:
- ch. 1. General plant morphology of Musa / Deborah Karamura, Eldad Karamura, and Guy Blomme
- ch. 2. Evolution and genetic relationships in banana and plantains / Uma Subbaraya, Marimuthu S. Saraswathi, and Michael Pillay
- ch. 3. Genetic resources for banana improvement / Markku Hk̃kinen and Richard Wallace
- ch. 4. Genomes, cytogenetics, and flow cytometry of Musa / Michael Pillay and Abdou Tenkouano
- ch. 5. Genetics of important traits in Musa / Eli Khayat and Rodomiro Ortiz
- ch. 6. Major diseases of banana / Guy Blomme ... [et al.]
- ch. 7. Integrated pest management of banana / Thomas Dubois and Daniel L. Coyne
- ch. 8. Reproductive biology / Jeanie Anne Fortescue and David William Turner
- ch. 9. Breeding techniques / Abdou Tenkouano, Michael Pillay, and Rodomiro Ortiz
- ch. 10. Mutations and cultivar development of banana / Shri Mohan Jain ... [et al.]
- ch. 11. Biotechnology in Musa improvement / Leena Tripathi
- ch. 12. Genotype by environment interaction and Musa improvement / Rodomiro Ortiz and Abdou Tenkouano
- ch. 13. Quality improvement of cultivated Musa / Edson Perito Amorim ... [et al.]
- ch. 14. Postharvest processed products from banana / Cherukatu Kalathil Narayana and Michael Pillay
- ch. 15. Propagation methods in Musa / Michael Pillay ... [et al.]
- ch. 16. Hybrid distribution to farmers : adoption and challenges / Abdou Tenkouano, Michael Pillay, and Ousmane Coulibaly
- ch. 17. Molecular breeding of other vegetatively propagated crops : lessons for banana / Michael Pillay, Abdou Tenkouano, and Rodomiro Ortiz
- ch. 18. Future prospects / Rodomiro Ortiz, Michael Pillay, and Abdou Tenkouano.