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Old 02-22-2015, 08:27 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Default Re: legal tetraploids for cross breeding?

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Originally Posted by luteo View Post
I too am interested in any publications that break down the cultivars, their fertility, and compatibility. Totally new to bananas, so I only understand that we have lots of sterile cultivars and then wild stuff. And that the A-B system exists. Purchasing some seeds to start and get the hang of raising them up. My interest lies in not only hardiness, but also maintaining genetic diversity, and the cultivars used for textiles and dyeing.
Read the papers done by Simmonds at the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, they're old but it's a good starting point.
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