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 …

Productivity performance of peach trees, insecticidal and antibacterial bioactivities of leaf extracts as affected by nanofertilizers foliar application

WFA Mosa, AM El-Shehawi, MI Mackled… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The current study was performed on eight years old peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) trees
cv. Florida prince to study the influence of spraying of commercial nano fertilizer on …

Viability, storage and ultrastructure analysis of Aechmea bicolor (Bromeliaceae) pollen grains, an endemic species to the Atlantic forest

EH de Souza, FVD Souza, ML Rossi, N Brancalleao… - Euphytica, 2015 - Springer
Bromeliaceae is a large family, and many species are valued ornamentally for their bright
colorful flowers. Pollen grain conservation is important for plant breeding and genetic …

Cryopreservation of pollen of wild pineapple accessions

RL da Silva, EH de Souza, L de Jesus Vieira… - Scientia …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cryopreservation of pollen is an additional way to conserve many species. In particular, it
can be used as an alternative strategy to preserve the genetic variation of the genus …

Effects of Sucrose, Boric Acid, pH, and Incubation Time on in Vitro Germination of Pollen and Tube Growth of Chinese fir (Cunnighamial lanceolata L.)

SADA Fragallah, S Lin, N Li, EJ Ligate, Y Chen - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
In vitro pollen germination provides a novel approach and strategy to accelerate genetic
improvement of tree breeding. Studies about pollen germination and tube growth of Chinese …

Methods for characterizing pollen fitness in Cannabis sativa L.

SB Wizenberg, M Dang, LG Campbell - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Pollen grains are male gametophytes, an ephemeral haploid generation of plants, that
commonly engage in competition for a limited supply of ovules. Since variation in …

Effect of cryopreservation on pollen viability, fertility and morphology of different Psidium species

PK Vishwakarma, L Vincent, C Vasugi… - Cryobiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Cryopreservation of pollen is a complementary conservation strategy and can be used for
conserve the diversity in the genus Psidium. The present study aims to cryopreserve the …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro pollen germination and pollen viability in passion fruit (Passiflora spp.)

TL Soares, ON Jesus, JA Santos-Serejo… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2013 - SciELO Brasil
The use of Passiflora species for ornamental purposes has been recently developed, but
little is known about pollen viability and the potential for crossing different species. The …

Role of boron in growth and development of plant: Deficiency and toxicity perspective

S Day, M Aasim - Plant Micronutrients: Deficiency and Toxicity …, 2020 - Springer
Boron (B), which is an important micronutrient element, takes part in biochemical,
physiological, and morphological progress of plants. Boron is available in the form of boric …

Overcoming the fertility crisis in bananas (Musa spp.)

D Amah, D Turner, DJ Gibbs, A Waniale… - Achieving …, 2020 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Significant opportunities exist for improving edible bananas to tackle emerging productivity
challenges due to the continuous spread of diseases and to improve nutritional …