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dc.contributor.authorGold, C.S.
dc.contributor.authorKiggundu, A.
dc.contributor.authorAbera, A.M.K.
dc.contributor.authorKaramura, D.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:30:49Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:30:49Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.identifier.citationGold, C.S., Kiggundu, A., Abera, A.M.K. & Karamura, D. (2002). Selection criteria of Musa cultivars through a farmer participatory appraisal survey in Uganda. Experimental Agriculture, 38(1), 29-38.
dc.identifier.issn0014-4797
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/5392
dc.description.abstractNew varieties are often developed on research stations with limited farmer involvement until the final stages of testing. Recently, farmer participatory approaches have been employed to include farmers' input into breeding objectives at much earlier stages of varietal development. This paper reports on a farmer survey in Uganda to record farmer selection criteria for banana cultivars as a pre-breeding activity. From ranked data, bunch size and crop maturation time were the key selection criteria in the county's most important commercial production zones. Stand longevity, taste and crop maturation time were key factors where banana production is in decline and sale of bananas less important. Principal component analysis revealed that, nationally, stand longevity and tolerance of marginal soils were the most important criteria, probably because the larger part of overall production is for subsistence.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectBananas
dc.subjectMusa
dc.subjectCultivars
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.titleSelection criteria of Musa cultivars as determined through a farmer participatory appraisal survey in Uganda
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationKawanda Agricultural Research Institute
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectBanana
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid103749
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479702000133


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