Perspectives on the application of biotechnology to assist the genetic enhancement of plantain and banana (Musa spp.)

Electronic Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-45

  Crouch, Jonathan H ^a   Vuylsteke, Dirk ^b   Ortiz, Rodomiro ^c  

^a Elsoms Seeds Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Banana; DNA markers; Improvement; Micropropagation; Plantain

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER;

BANANA; BREEDING; CELL SUSPENSION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CULTIVAR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PROBE; EMBRYO CULTURE; FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; GERMPLASM; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PROTOPLAST CULTURE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; SOMACLONAL VARIATION; SOMATIC MUTATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENICS;

AGROBACTERIUM; MUSA; MUSA X PARADISIACA; PLANTAGO;

EID: 0345572620     PISSN: 07173458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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