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The performance of East African highland bananas released in farmers’ fields and the need for their further improvement

Article number

1114_32

Pages

231 – 238

Language

English

Abstract

Publication

XXIX International Horticultural Congress on Horticulture: Sustaining Lives, Livelihoods and Landscapes (IHC2014): IX International Symposium on Banana: ISHS-ProMusa Symposium on Unravelling the Banana’s Genomic Potential

Authors

J. Kubiriba, R.T. Ssali, A. Barekye, K. Akankwasa, W.K. Tushemereirwe, M. Batte, E.B. Karamura, D. Karamura

Keywords

breeding, consumer acceptability, hybrids, pest and disease resistance

Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1114.32

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