Reproductive efficiency and breeding potential of East African highland (Musa AAA-EA) bananas

Field Crops Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 250-255

  Ssebuliba, Ruth ^a,e   Talengera, David ^a   Makumbi, Dan ^a,f   Namanya, Priver ^a,b   Tenkouano, Abdou ^a,c   Tushemereirwe, W ^a,b   Pillay, Michael ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

^c IITA Humid Forest Ecoregional Center   (Cameroon)

^d Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e Sustainable Agriculture for Rural Development   (Uganda)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Embryo culture; Fertility; Musa; Seed set

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

BANANA; EMBRYO CULTURE; SEED SET;

CROPS;

CROP IMPROVEMENT; CULTIVAR; EMBRYO; REPRODUCTION;

BANANA FIBERS; BREEDING; ENDOSPERM; FARM CROPS; FERTILITY; PLANTS; SEEDS;

MUSA; MUSA ACUMINATA;

EID: 30044436729     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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