Genetic Improvement of Bananas and Plantains and the INIBAP Project on International Musa Germplasm Exchange
Author: International Network for Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 40
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Author: International Network for Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 40
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 27
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: International Musa Testing Program. Global Conference
Publisher: Bioversity International
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 292
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Réseau international pour l'amélioration de la banane et de la banane plantain
Publisher: Bioversity International
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Total Pages: 70
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Esendugue Gregory Fonsah
Publisher: African Books Collective
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9956726540
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn most African countries, banana production has been consigned to subsistence production. However, a few countries, especially in Francophone West Africa, have recognised the commercial importance of banana, and have used their special relationship with France to export bananas. This has led to the dualization of the banana sector, with the traditional system existing side by side with a modern sector geared towards export trade. This book is one of the few comprehensive studies that have incorporated both the agronomic and economic aspects of banana production and marketing in Africa. It looks at all facets of banana production, from an historical perspective to the various traditional and modern technologies involved. The marketing aspect covers both the domestic and international trade, with emphasis on the preferential (ACP / DOM Lome Convention) and the open markets of the European Union. The book is a major contribution to understanding the internationalisation of the banana trade and to its ever-increasing investment portfolio, as the backbone of many a developing tropical economy. Although the emphasis is placed on Cameroon, other relevant African, tropical and subtropical banana-producing countries are mentioned where necessary, especially in the export sector where a degree of competition existed. Further, agricultural practices, soils, meteorological and climatological characteristics, pests and diseases, personnel and banana varieties grown, mean that findings in Cameroon are of relevance to other banana-producing countries, especially in Africa. Meanwhile, other African and tropical countries still contemplating entry into banana exports would benefit from the Cameroon experience. The book is of especial relevance to agronomists, entomologists, economists, farm managers, government policy makers, large, medium and small scale banana growers, and students and teachers in universities and schools of agriculture.
Author: Bart Panis
Publisher: Bioversity International
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 45
ISBN-13: 2910810453
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUntil 10 years ago, cryopreservation protocols for plant tissues were mainly based on slow freezing in the presence of cryoprotective mixtures containing DMSO (dimthyl slphoxide), sugars, glycerol and/ or proline. Slow freezing results in a freeze-dehydration, leaving less water in the cells to form lethal ice crystals upon exposure to extreme low temperatures.
Author: G. J. Persley
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1996-01-01
Total Pages: 62
ISBN-13: 9780821337400
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBanana research needs and opportunities; Overview of the banana improvement project; Portfolio of projects; Summary and recommendations.
Author: G. J. Persley
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9780821344989
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Banana Improvement Project has in large measure met the challange above, quoted from the 1994 background paper by Buddenhagen (1996) on the status of global research on banana and plantain. That paper was commissioned by the World Bank to provide background for the five-year BIP program that brought together some of the best research talent worldwide to work on bananas. BIP operated throughout 1994-98, and this publication records the results of the 18 individual research projects, plus the results of an independent economic impact assessement that reported a likely return on investment of 20 to 33 percent.
Author: Inibap
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 72
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPROMUSA - The global programme for Musa improvement. Thematic activities. Musa germplasm management. Musa germplasm improvement. Genetic transformation for improvement of bananas: a critical assessment. INIBAP around the World. Latin America and the Caribbean. Asia and the Pacific. Eastern and Southern Africa. West and Central Africa. The banana and its relatives.
Author: Franca) INIBAP (Montferrier-sur-lez
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 32
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe primary aim of this project is to monitor the avaluation of newly generated Musa germplasm (hybrids) which will be resistant/tolerant to bleck Sigatoka and/or Fusarium wilt of bananas. This will be achieved through a collaborative program (research, training and networking activity) between INIBAP, national agricultural research systems (NARS) and advanced research institutes. This program will focus on techonology for developing early screening, and the exchange and evaluation, of banana and plantain germplasm with resistance/tolerance to black Sigatoka and/or Fusarium wilt. The ultimate beneficiaries will be the farmers in the banana producing regions, while the intermediate beneficiaries will be banana research scientists and national agricultural research and development capability in the banana and plantain area and will be in a better position to support NARS and banana research institutions.