Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Bananas Volume 2 - Germplasm and Genetic Improvement (Hardcover)

Despite bananas being the world's most exported and valuable fruit, banana production faces a number of challenges, primarily the extremely narrow genetic base currently available for commercial cultivation which increases the rate of vulnerability to diseases and other stresses. The sector faces increasing pressure to improve existing varieties, as well as to develop new varieties which retain key yield and quality characteristics and improved resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses. Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas Volume 2: Germplasm and genetic improvement offers an authoritative discussion on the progress of identifying and broadening the genetic base for Musa species. This collection reviews the current conventional and molecular breeding techniques for breeding new varieties of banana, as well as providing coverage on improving traits in Cavendish. With its distinguished editors and international range of expert authors, Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas Volume 2: Germplasm and genetic improvement will be a standard reference for university and other researchers in tropical fruit science, government and other agencies supporting banana cultivation, as well as commercial banana growers and retailers. This title is accompanied by a companion volume: Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas Volume 1: Cultivation techniques.

General

Imprint:	Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, 86
Release date:	November 2020
First published:	2021
Editors:	Gert Kema • Andre Drenth
Contributors:	Mike Smith • Michael Pillay • Fajarudin Ahmad • Peter M. Bourke • Henk Schouten • Hugo A. Volkaert • Gert Kema • Hans de Jong
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages:	426
ISBN-13:	978-1-78676-344-0
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Horticulture > General
LSN:	1-78676-344-3
Barcode:	9781786763440

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