Banana breeding : progress and challenges /: progress and challenges. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Michael Pillay, Abdou Tenkouano.
• Other Names: Pillay, Michael, 1950-; Tenkouano, Abdou
• Contents: General Plant Morphology of Musa; Deborah Karamura, Eldad Karamura, and Guy Blomme; ; Evolution and Genetic Relationships in Banana and Plantains; Uma Subbaraya, Marimuthu S. Saraswathi, and Michael Pillay; ; Genetic Resources for Banana Improvement; Markku Häkkinen and Richard Wallace; ; Genomes, Cytogenetics, and Flow Cytometry of Musa; Michael Pillay and Abdou Tenkouano; ; Genetics of Important Traits in Musa; Eli Khayat and Rodomiro Ortiz; ; Major Diseases of Banana; Guy Blomme, Simon Eden-Green, Mohammed Mustaffa; Bartholemew Nwauzoma, and Raman Thangavelu; ; Integrated Pest Management of Banana; Thomas Dubois and Daniel L. Coyne; ; Reproductive Biology; Jeanie Anne Fortescue and David William Turner; ; Breeding Techniques; Abdou Tenkouano, Michael Pillay, and Rodomiro Ortiz; ; Mutations and Cultivar Development of Banana; Shri Mohan Jain, Bradley Till, Prasnna Suprasanna, and Nicolas Roux; ; Biotechnology in Musa Improvement; Leena Tripathi; ; Genotype by Environment Interaction and Musa Improvement; Rodomiro Ortiz and Abdou Tenkouano; ; Quality Improvement of Cultivated Musa; Edson Perito Amorim, Sebastião de Oliveira e Silva; Vanusia Batista de Oliveira Amorim, and Michael Pillay; ; Postharvest Processed Products from Banana; Cherukatu Kalathil Narayana and Michael Pillay; ; Propagation Methods in Musa; Michael Pillay, Christopher A. Cullis, David Talengera, and Leena Tripathi; ; Hybrid Distribution to Farmers: Adoption and Challenges; Abdou Tenkouano, Michael Pillay, and Ousmane Coulibaly; ; Molecular Breeding of Other Vegetatively Propagated Crops: Lessons for Banana; Michael Pillay, Abdou Tenkouano, and Rodomiro Ortiz; ; Future Prospects; Rodomiro Ortiz, Michael Pillay, and Abdou Tenkouano; ; Index
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, Fla : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xx, 353 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 634/.772; Bananas -- Breeding; Bananas -- Breeding; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439800188; 1439800189
• Related ISBNs: 9781439800171
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.