Book Chapter

Safe dissemination of germplasm resources of banana

author(s)

Thomas, John

themes
  • Agrobiodiversity
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Thomas, J.; Massart, S.; Van den Houwe, I.; Roux, N.; Crew, K. (2020) Safe dissemination of germplasm resources of banana. In: (Andre Drenth, Gert H. J. Kema eds.) Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas: Volume 2: Germplasm and genetic improvement. p. 426 ISBN: 9781786763440

This chapter focuses on key issues of the safe dissemination of banana germplasm, including germplasm conservation (field, in vitro and cryopreservation), seed and DNA banking, virus indexing and germplasm health, regulations on germplasm transfer and future trends in germplasm research.