Plantain/Banana breeding program
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2022-03Language
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International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. (2022). Plantain/Banana breeding program. Ibadan, Nigeria: IITA.
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Amah, a regional breeding manager takes some students on a tour around the plantain and banana breeding programs of IITA where Plantain/Banana is bred to support food security. The tissue culture laboratory uses tissue culture techniques to germinate seeds from crosses through embryo germination or rescue to produce a large number of good quality planting materials and also for conservation of genetic resources used for breeding.
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BANANA; FOOD SECURITY; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; HANDLING, TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; LIVELIHOODS; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES; PLANT HEALTH; PLANTAIN; POST-HARVESTING TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH METHOD; SMALLHOLDER FARMERS; TISSUE CULTURECountries
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