Re: Banana Breeding
Okay, so reading the above, ideally I should concentrate on pollinating my wild musa species with Aa or Aaa edibles. This should remove the issue of bsv from my offspring and I can focus on growing bigger numbers of those types to increase my chances of synchronous f lowering . Given that I cant find any records of different ploidy levels in wild bananas Im assuming it occurs more commonly in domesicated hybrids. By pollinating wild species with pollen from these groups, using yunnanensis as an example I could theoretically get AY or AaY from the diploid pollen and AY, Aay or AaaY from the triploids? I wouldnt think Id get any AYy or higher levels with the Yy. Once I had these id have to grow them out in isolation until they flowered then:
Check the female flowers werent bisexual, leave 1 bunch to fully flower to see if it was self fertile then grow it amongst others to check if it is partly fertile or sterile.
and finally on the last remove the male flowers to see if it has the p1, p2, p3 or any combo thereof and is hence parthenocarpic. If the fruit fully fill and develop I have a parthenocarpic hybrid of some fertility?
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