Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Bananas Volume 2 : Germplasm and Genetic Improvement Hardback
Edited by Prof Gert Kema, Prof Andre Drenth
Part of the Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science series
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Despite bananas being the world’s most exported and valuable fruit, banana production faces a number of challenges, primarily the extremely narrow genetic base currently available for commercial cultivation which increases the rate of vulnerability to diseases and other stresses.
The sector faces increasing pressure to improve existing varieties, as well as to develop new varieties which retain key yield and quality characteristics and improved resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses. Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas Volume 2: Germplasm and genetic improvement offers an authoritative discussion on the progress of identifying and broadening the genetic base for Musa species.
This collection reviews the current conventional and molecular breeding techniques for breeding new varieties of banana, as well as providing coverage on improving traits in Cavendish. With its distinguished editors and international range of expert authors, Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas Volume 2: Germplasm and genetic improvement will be a standard reference for university and other researchers in tropical fruit science, government and other agencies supporting banana cultivation, as well as commercial banana growers and retailers.
This title is accompanied by a companion volume: Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas Volume 1: Cultivation techniques.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:426 pages, Color tables, photos and figures
- Publisher:Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
- Publication Date:24/11/2020
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- ISBN:9781786763440
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:426 pages, Color tables, photos and figures
- Publisher:Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
- Publication Date:24/11/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781786763440