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dc.contributor.authorVuylsteke, D.
dc.contributor.authorSwennen, R.
dc.contributor.authorLanghe, E. de
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:25:03Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:25:03Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.identifier.citationVuylsteke, D., Swennen, R. & De Langhe, E. (1996). Field Performance of Somaclonal Variants of Plantain (Muss spp., AAB Group). Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 121(1), 42-46.
dc.identifier.issn0003-1062
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/4516
dc.description.abstractFour types of morphologically distinct somaclonal variants were identified in a population of False Horn plantain (Musa spp., AAB group) plants produced by in vitro shoot-tip culture. Field performance of these variants was compared with true-to-type plantain to evaluate their horticultural traits. Significant variation was observed for plant and fruit maturity, leaf size, yield and its components, but not for leaf number, plant height, or suckering. Three of the four somaclonal variants were horticulturally inferior to the original clone from which they were derived. Yields of these variants were very poor due to inflorescence degeneration or abnormal foliage. Only the `French reversion' variant, which resembled an existing cultivar, outyielded the true-to-type clone. However, its fruit weight and size were lower. Somaclonal variation through micropropagation is of limited use in plantain improvement as it mostly mimics naturally occurring variation along with the observed poor horticultural performance of somaclonal variants.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectSomaclonal Variation
dc.subjectTissue Culture
dc.subjectPlantains
dc.subjectGenotypes
dc.subjectBananas
dc.subjectHarvest
dc.titleField performance of somaclonal variants of plantain (Musa spp., AAB group)
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.iitasubjectBanana
cg.iitasubjectPlantain
cg.iitasubjectTissue Culture
cg.iitasubjectGenetic Improvement
cg.iitasubjectHandling, Transport, Storage And Protection Of Agricultural Products
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
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