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Banana genetic diversity

Published on 31/05/2018 - Published by LESCOT Thierry
FruiTrop n°256 , Page From 92 to 96
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World production estimates by type

Over a period of thousands of years, population migrations and movement of plant material have placed the banana in very different ecological contexts on the various continents. Farmers have succeeded in harnessing the natural mutations resulting from vegetative multiplication. This combination of natural reproduction and selection by man since ancient times has resulted in the present genetic diversity.