An Economic Assessment of Banana Genetic Improvement and ...
An Economic Assessment of Banana Genetic Improvement and ...
An Economic Assessment of Banana Genetic Improvement and ...
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APPENDIX A<br />
<strong>Banana</strong> Taxonomy for Ug<strong>and</strong>a<br />
Svetlana Edmeades <strong>and</strong> Deborah Karamura<br />
A<br />
combination <strong>of</strong> the survey data collected for the current <strong>and</strong> previous research (Karamura<br />
1998; Karamura <strong>and</strong> Pickersgill 1999) was employed to construct this taxonomy.<br />
Based on previous taxonomic research, a subset <strong>of</strong> key banana descriptors was preselected<br />
for inclusion in the sample survey. Farmers surveyed named the varieties planted in<br />
their banana groves during the seasons <strong>of</strong> the survey <strong>and</strong> described them in terms <strong>of</strong> each<br />
characteristic (bunch size, bunch position, finger compactness, size <strong>of</strong> fingers, maturation<br />
period, pseudostem color, <strong>and</strong> space between the h<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong> the bunch). Responses were then<br />
cross-checked with existing taxonomic knowledge. Household shares <strong>and</strong> cultivar shares were<br />
then estimated from the survey data. 1here>
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