Challenges for ex situ conservation of wild bananas: seeds collected in Papua New Guinea have variable levels of desiccation tolerance

S Kallow, K Longin, NF Sleziak, SB Janssens… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ex situ seed conservation of banana crop wild relatives (Musa spp. L.), is constrained by
critical knowledge gaps in their storage and germination behaviour. Additionally, challenges …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of dehydration on cryopreservation of Musa spp. germplasm

E Kaya, FVD Souza, JA dos Santos-Serejo… - Acta Botanica …, 2020 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak Cryopreservation is an important technique for the long-term storage of
economically important plant germplasm. In this study, an efficient protocol was developed …

Regulation of seed germination by diurnally alternating temperatures in disturbance-adapted banana crop wild relatives (Musa acuminata)

S Kallow, R Davies, B Panis, SB Janssens… - Seed Science …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Seed conservation of banana crop wild relatives (Musa L. spp.) is limited because of lack of
knowledge about their germination ecology. Musa acuminata Colla, the most important …

[HTML][HTML] Seed germination and storage studies in seed-fertile Musa indandamanensis and its conservation

P Bohra, AA Waman, BA Jerard - South African Journal of Botany, 2020 - Elsevier
The quest for prospecting crop wild relatives in search of traits of economic importance has
been gaining importance worldwide. Endemic species of such significance need to be given …

[HTML][HTML] Seed germination and cryostorage of Musa acuminata subsp. burmannica from Western Ghats

PS Vineesh, R Skaria, S Mukunthakumar… - South African Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Musa acuminata, one of the wild progenitors contributing 'A'genome to the present day
dessert bananas, has a long evolutionary history intervened by human activities. This …

Rivers as a potential dispersing agent of the invasive tree Acacia dealbata

D Zamorano, FA Labra, I Vila, CI Meier - Revista chilena de historia …, 2022 - SciELO Chile
Resumen ZAMORANO, Daniel; LABRA, Fabio A.; VILA, Irma y MEIER, Claudio I.. Rivers as
a potential dispersing agent of the invasive tree Acacia dealbata. Rev. chil. hist. nat.[online] …

Seed morphology and germination of Ensete ventricosum (Musaceae)

LM Karlsson, T Tamado, AL Dalbato… - Seed Science and …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Ensete ventricosum is a drought-tolerant, multipurpose crop that has been cultivated in
Ethiopia since ancient times. Traditional propagation is vegetative: each of hundreds of …

Significance of seed morphology and anatomy in the systematics of Musaceae

VS Hareesh, M Sabu - Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The paper deals with the seed morphology and anatomy of 32 wild Indian Musaceae by
using light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). This is the first …

Seed germination of the wild banana Musa ornata (Musaceae)

M Burgos-Hernández… - Seed Science and …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Musa ornata is the only wild species representing the Musaceae family in Mexico. It has
ornamental value and is an important phytogenetic resource. Nevertheless, their …

[PDF][PDF] Embryo culture and embryo rescue studies in wild Musa spp.(Musa ornata)

M Dayarani, MS Dhanarajan, K Arun… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - horticultureresearch.net
Seed set in Musa spp. is known to vary greatly among seed-fertile cultivars, but germinate at
an intractably low rate in soil thus making breeding of plantains and bananas difficult …