ISHS Acta Horticulturae 370: International Symposium on Tropical Fruits
BANANA GENETIC IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME IN EXECUTION AT THE CNPMF/ EMBRAPA: RESULTS OBTAINED |
| Authors: | J. Dantas, K. Shepherd, W. Filho, Z. Cordeiro, S. Silva, &. Alves, A. Souza |
| Keywords: | Musa spp., genetic resources, agronomic characters, disease resistances |
| Abstract:
The principal problems affecting the Brazilian banana crop include low productivity of the cultivars in use (less than 15 t/ha/year), their lack of drought tolerance, the tall stature of some of them and susceptibility to diseases and pests. Aiming at solutions, the National Centre for Research in Cassava and Tropical Fruit Crops (CNPMF), of the Brazilian Enterprise for Agricultural Research (EMBRAPA), started in November 1982 a programme of genetic improvement for bananas. This paper treats of the main advances so far achieved. | |
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