Traditional genetic improvement and use of biotechnological techniques in searching of resistance to main fungi pathogens of <em>Musa</em> spp.

Bananas and plantain are important food staple in human diet, even cooked or consumed fresh. Fungal diseases caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) and Mycosphaerella fijiensis have threated to distroy Musa spp. Those crops are difficult to breed genetically because they are steriles, do...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michel Leiva-Mora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas 2006-07-01
Series:Biotecnología Vegetal
Online Access:https://revista.ibp.co.cu/index.php/BV/article/view/414