Title
Future Prospects
Date Issued
01 January 2011
Resource Type
Book
Author(s)
Ortiz R.
Pillay M.
Tenkouano A.
Abstract
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts of the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of the book. The book deals with several subjects: botany, evolution, genetic resources, cytogenetics, genetics, plant health management, genetic enhancement, postharvest processing, micropropagation, and delivery of new cultivars to farming systems. It provides an update on molecular breeding of asexual crops from which the next genetic enhancement schemes can be sought. The book deals with the genetic resources of wild-seeded bananas. Recent research on Musa wild species gave priority to establishing the boundary between sections and among species therein. The book provide state-of-the-art knowledge of banana cytogenetics and genetics. Musa species are among the best examples of organisms whose complex cytogenetic structure ensued through extensive chromosomal rearrangements. The book speaks about reproductive biology, which is central to the species breeding system and for success of banana breeding schemes.
Start page
351
End page
353
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84879246409
ISBN
9781439800188
9781439800171
Source
Banana Breeding: Progress and Challenges
Resource of which it is part
Banana Breeding: Progress and Challenges
Source funding
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción CientÃfica
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