Plantain/Banana breeding program
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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Format: | Video biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
2022-03-21
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Subjects: | bananas, plantains, breeding programmes, tissue culture, germination, embryo culture, fields, genetic resources conservation, farmers, harvesting, |
Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120493 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vazEEpo75LY&t=43s |
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Summary: | 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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