Collection and characterization of banana and plantains of northeastern India; Annual report for the period 2000-2001

• Authors : Uma, S.; Selvarajan, R.


• Document type : Report


• Year of publication : 2001


• Publisher(s) : National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR)


• Place of publication : Tiruchirappalli, India


• Pages : 83


• Language(s) : English


• Abstract : During the last three explorations, 89 accessions were collected and brought to the NRCB field genebank. As mentioned in the earlier reports, the accessions collected and brought to NRCB had difficulty in establishment. This is mainly attributed to the extremities with respect to altitude, soil and weather conditions. During the course of establishment, 29 accessions have been lost and the list is enclosed. The remaining 60 accessions are planted at NRCB field genebank under wetland cultivation system. For better establishment of accessions from North-East, closer spacing is followed in order to create shade and high humidity which are prevalent in-their natural habitat. The accessions such raised are used for morpho-taxonomic characterization. Meantime the efforts are being made to identify a suitable field genebank either in the State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), State departments or NGOS in order to maintain the germplasm collected from North-Eastern region for conservation and evaluation.


• Keywords : TAXONOMY; VARIETIES; DATABASES; HYBRIDS; PLANT COLLECTIONS; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; COLLECTING MISSION; BIODIVERSITY; INDIA


• Open access : Yes


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• Musalit document ID : IN080350

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