Evaluation of fourMusa hybrids in Ghana

Dzomeku, BM; Armo-Annor, F.; Adjei-Gwen, K; Nkakwa, A.A..; Akyeampong, E.; Baning, IS

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“…The age of banana mother plants in our research was restricted to older plants because it was difficult to find fields with enough homogeneous young mats with few, small suckers. The number of plantlets produced from treated corms was significantly lower in both of our greenhouse and field experiments than the number reported from several individual studies (Boss, 2008;Osei, 2005;Dzomeku, Banful, Ankoma, Yeboah, & Darkey, 2000;and Macias, 2001). It should be noted that attempts to inject coconut water or BA into the base of sword suckers as practiced by Osei (2005) was found to be difficult and impractical, hence holes were bored out and pooled in our study.…”

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“…The numbers of plantlets produced from treated corms were significantly lower than the numbers found in the literature (Boss, 2008;Osei, 2004;Dzomeku, Banful, Ankoma, Yeboah, & Darkey, 2000). A possible reason is that these studies regenerated plantlets to multiple generations, adding up the cumulative number of plantlets possible.…”

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confidence: 76%

“…This technique has resulted in four new plantlets from one corm (Dzomeku, Banful, Ankoma, Yeboah, & Darkey, 2000). In Columbia, Dr. Manzur Macias experimented with a technique similar to the PIF technique but performed in the field (Marcias, 2001).…”

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An Evaluation of Banana Macropropagation Techniques for Producing Pig Fodder in Northern Thailand

Langford¹,

Trail²,

Bicksler³

et al. 2017

SAR

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Smallholder farmers raising pigs in northern Thailand rely heavily on banana stalks as a fermented feed source, but struggle to reproduce banana plants fast enough to keep up with consumption. This study evaluated a variety of techniques for rapidly multiplying banana plants, using techniques appropriate and affordable to smallholder farmers in order to help meet this demand. Propagation techniques of Musa (ABB) cv. "Kluai Nam Wa" were conducted in greenhouse and field experiments in both lowland and upland areas of Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. In greenhouse experiments, six treatments were conducted during the dry and rainy seasons, while five different treatments were compared in the field. Treatments used various methods of mechanical injury or application of benzyl aminopurine (BA) to induce plantlet differentiation. Number of plantlets to emerge, days to emergence, and circumference of plantlets were observed over a 90-day period. Results indicate that time of year plays an important role in the macropropagation of bananas, as significantly higher numbers of plantlets emerged during the rainy season. Plantlets emerged in 65 days, on average, during the dry season, but took only 54 days during the rainy season. During the rainy season, the presence of BA produced more plantlets than the other treatments, but during the dry season, there were no differences among treatments. Overall, the number of plantlets produced in all treatments evaluated was very low; however we believe this research is an important contribution to the literature and acknowledge that there exists significant opportunity to capitalize on the low-cost appropriate technology benefits that macropropagation of bananas can deliver to smallholder farmers.

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An Evaluation of Banana Macropropagation Techniques for Producing Pig Fodder in Northern Thailand

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“…The varieties 'SH3460' and 'Grand Naine' emerged as the best varieties in terms of post-harvest quality Sources : Colombia: Gonzalez et al, 2003;Herrera and Aristizabel, 2003;Ghana: Djatnika and Sutanto, 2004;Dzomeku et al, 1999;Nicaragua: Dens et al, 2002;Cuba: Perez et al, 2002;Uganda: Nowakunda et al, 2000 and acceptability. 'SH 3640' was also preferred over the dessert banana 'Poyo' as regards taste, colour, consistency and texture in Cote d'Ivoire (Coulibaly and Djedji, 2004).…”

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Preliminary evaluation of improved banana varieties in Mozambique

Uazire¹,

Ribeiro²,

Mussane³

et al. 2010

African Crop Science Journal

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Banana (Musa spp.) production in Mozambique is largely confined to the Cavendish variety that is eaten as a dessert. On the other hand, banana is a staple food crop in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The introduction of a range of high yielding and disease resistant cooking and dessert varieties in Mozambique could play a potential role in ensuring food security and raising incomes of millions of small scale farmers. In the framework of a USAID-funded project on dissemination and evaluation of improved banana varieties, plantlets of new Musa hybrids were distributed to small-scale farmers. In addition, several demonstration plots and an on-station trial at the Agrarian Research Institute of Mozambique (IIAM), Umbeluzi research farm were established. The objectives of this study were (i) to evaluate the general performance of the hybrids in the different locations and analyse data collected from one of the sites, and (ii) to assess farmer acceptability of the hybrids in one of the agro-ecologies in Mozambique. The FHIA (Fundacion Hondurena de Investigacion Agricola) hybrids performed relatively well in the more moist agro-ecologies and where irrigation was available, but not in the drier areas in the south of Maputo. Although 'FHIA 17' was the most vigorous, this variety took the longest time to produce a bunch. The hybrid, 'SH 3640' produced the largest bunch but this was not significantly different from that of 'Grand Naine' the local check used in the trials. The hybrid 'SH3460' and 'Grand Naine' emerged as the best cultivars in terms of post-harvest quality and acceptability. Less than 50% of the participants indicated their preference for 'FHIA17', 'FHIA21' or 'FHIA23'. Feedback from farmers involved in the on-farm activities indicated that those from the central and southern parts of the country preferred dessert types, while those from the north preferred both dessert and cooking types.

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“…Cependant, cette culture est soumise à des contraintes parasitaires parmi lesquelles la maladie des raies noires (MRN), provoquée par le champignon pathogène Mycosphaerella fijiensis, considérée comme la plus grave des maladies fongiques affectant la production bananière [2]. Les pertes dues à cette maladie touchent 20 % à 80 % [3] des récoltes et tous les cultivars de plantain locaux peuvent être touchés. Ainsi, la création de variétés résistantes par hybridation contrôlée est apparue être l'une des meilleures technologies pour contrôler cette maladie.…”

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Comparaison de l'efficacité de deux méthodes de multiplication rapide de plants de bananier à partir de l'étude des caractéristiques agronomiques d'un hybride de bananier plantain (Musaspp.)

Sadom¹,

Tomekpé²,

Folliot³

et al. 2010

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Comparison of the effectiveness of two vegetative propagation methods for banana trees from the study of the agronomic characteristics of a hybrid of plantain (Musa spp.). Abstract-Introduction. The objective of our study was to evaluate the agronomic performance of plantain hybrid plants (CRBP-39, Musa cv. AAAB) obtained through two vegetative propagation methods: in vitro culture, called the "CIV technique", and a newly developed technique of plants derived from stem bits, called the "PIF technique". The study, carried out in Cameroon, took place at a high altitude (1250 m) and covered one cropping cycle. The CRBP-39 hybrid was chosen because of its resistance to Black Leaf Streak Disease and its agronomic performance. Materials and methods. Vitroplants and plants obtained through the PIF technique developed at CARBAP (Cameroon) were planted separately in elementary plots of 16 plants. No chemical control was administered against Black Leaf Streak Disease. Observations were essentially made on agronomic characteristics. Results and discussion. For the mother crop, there was no significant difference between the plants obtained from one or the other vegetative propagation method concerning their pseudo-stem height and girth; the number of functional leaves at shooting; the duration of the production cycle; the bunch weight; the number of hands and fruits of the bunch; and the length and circumference of the fruit. For the ratoon crop, significant differences were observed concerning the pseudo-stem height and girth, and the number of emitted and functional leaves at harvest. These results globally indicate a strong similarity in vegetative and bunch characteristics of plants propagated with one or the other method. The PIF technique, which is used more and more by small-scale farmers because of its simplicity, rapidness and low cost of production, is a method of vegetative propagation that helps to produce plants similar to tissue cultured plants in terms of agronomic qualities. Cameroon / Musa (plantains) / hybrids / plant propagation / vitroplants / propagation materials Comparaison de l'efficacité de deux méthodes de multiplication rapide de plants de bananier à partir de l'étude des caractéristiques agronomiques d'un hybride de bananier plantain (Musa spp.). Résumé-Introduction. Nos travaux ont eu pour objectif de comparer les performances agronomiques des plants d'un hybride de bananier plantain (CRBP-39, Musa cv. AAAB) obtenus par utilisation de deux méthodes de multiplication végétative : la culture de tissus in vitro (CIV) et une technique de propagation par multiplication de plants à partir de fragments de tiges (dite technique des PIF) développée récemment. L'étude, effectuée au Cameroun, a été menée en altitude (1250 m) ; elle a porté sur un cycle de culture. L'hybride CRBP-39 a été choisi en raison de sa résistance à la maladie des raies noires et de ses performances agronomiques. Matériel et méthodes. Des vitroplants et des plants obtenus par la technique des PIF, technique de propagation horticole ...

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Evaluation of fourMusa hybrids in Ghana

Cited by 7 publications

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An Evaluation of Banana Macropropagation Techniques for Producing Pig Fodder in Northern Thailand

An Evaluation of Banana Macropropagation Techniques for Producing Pig Fodder in Northern Thailand

Preliminary evaluation of improved banana varieties in Mozambique

Comparaison de l'efficacité de deux méthodes de multiplication rapide de plants de bananier à partir de l'étude des caractéristiques agronomiques d'un hybride de bananier plantain (Musaspp.)

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