Francis SE
Scotland
Research Article
Diversity of the Development Cycle Duration and Production Parameters in the Plantain Bananas Collection of Ivory Coast
Author(s): Stanislas KT, Selastique AD, Fulgence TDE, Nestor GBB, Charlotte TD, Francis SE, Sylvie S and Perla HStanislas KT, Selastique AD, Fulgence TDE, Nestor GBB, Charlotte TD, Francis SE, Sylvie S and Perla H
The production of plantain bananas is threatened in Ivory Coast due to the irregularly of the rainfall and the water scarcity. Matching the sensitive steppes of the development cycle with the rainfall periods by shortening or lengthening the development cycle duration could be an appropriate strategy to increase the plantain yield. Therefore, better knowledge about the diversity of the fructification time and the parameters of production is required. Hence forty-two (42) cultivars of the plantain germplasm were studied. The development cycle duration was splited into two steppes: vegetative, from planting to blooming and fructification, from blooming to harvest. Some production parameters such as the bunch weight, the number of hands per bunch, the number of fruits per hand and per bunch and the fruits weight and diameter were scored. A great variability was recorded for all analyzed .. View More»
