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Old 06-19-2010, 03:40 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: Seeds in my bananas

Rowe and his team (he was not alone, and was not the first or last banana breeder either) were very successful, there are a number of varieties that come from the FHIA breeding program which are currently in use. Breeding bananas is actually quite easy, the difficult part is breeding bananas that are good enough to then be adopted and utilized in various situations. It is relatively easy to create new plants, its just getting those plants to be what you want them to be where the difficulty often comes in.
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