Recent advances in banana (musa spp.) biofortification to alleviate vitamin A deficiency

D Amah, A van Biljon, A Brown… - Critical Reviews in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is one of the most prevalent micronutrient deficiencies that
disproportionately affects low income populations in developing countries. Traditional …

[PDF][PDF] Establishment of a global network for the in situ conservation of crop wild relatives: status and needs

N Maxted, SP Kell - FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and …, 2009 - fao.org
There are many potential approaches to systematic CWR conservation. But as every country
contains CWR diversity, they are obliged as signatories to the CBD and ITPGRFA, or other …

Banana breeding: progress and challenges

M Pillay, A Tenkouano - 2011 - books.google.com
With the current world population growth of 1.2%, the earth can expect to house 9-10 billion
people by 2050. Food production, too, must increase to accommodate these numbers. Easy …

Changing Climates: Effects on Growing Conditions for Banana and Plantain (Musa spp.) and Possible Responses

J Ramirez, A Jarvis, I Van den Bergh… - Crop adaptation to …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Banana and plantain (Musa spp.) are among the world's major food crops, and provide a
staple food for millions of people in the developing world. By the 2020s, climate is expected …

Conventional banana and plantain breeding

R Ortiz - VII international symposium on banana: ISHS-ProMusa …, 2011 - actahort.org
Cross-breeding of banana and plantain brings new challenges to the genetic improvement
of crops due to the ploidy and high sterility of most popular cultivars. This article provides an …

[HTML][HTML] Melhoramento genético da bananeira: estratégias e tecnologias disponíveis

SO Silva, EP Amorim, JA Santos-Serejo… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2013 - SciELO Brasil
A banana cultivada 107 países, em uma área de 4, 1 milhões de hectares e produção de 95
milhões de toneladas, é segunda fruta mais produzida do mundo. A bananeira é atacada …

Spindle irregularities, chromatin transfer, and chromatin stickiness during male meiosis in Anemone tetrasepala (Ranunculaceae)

PK Rana, P Kumar, VK Singhal - Turkish Journal of Botany, 2013 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
Detailed cytological investigations performed in Anemone tetrasepala Royle from the Pangi
Valley revealed the presence of various irregularities (spindle irregularities, chromatin …

Micropropagation of banana varieties (Musa spp.) using shoot-tip culture

A Dagnew, S Shibru, A Debebe, A Lemma… - Ethiopian Journal of …, 2012 - ajol.info
A study was carried out at the Tissue Culture Laboratory of Melkassa Agricultural Research
Centre, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) to investigate the effects of …

Climate change in the subtropics: The impacts of projected averages and variability on banana productivity

I Van den Bergh, J Ramirez, C Staver… - … Symposium on Banana …, 2010 - actahort.org
The potential for bananas to produce year round is best expressed when water is abundant
and daily temperatures are in the range of 20-30 C. Zones with these conditions produce …

Induced genetic diversity in banana

S Penna, SB Ghag, TR Ganapathi, SM Jain - Genetic diversity in …, 2019 - Springer
Banana and plantains are one of the important fruit crops grown extensively in the tropical
and subtropical regions of the world. The world production of banana is 145 million tons of …