Características morfo-agronómicas de genotipos de plátanos (Musa spp.) pertenecientes al banco de Germoplasma del INIVIT.

In Cuba, there is a low availability of promising banana and plantain cultivars with similar or better characteristics than commercial varieties. Monitoring of genetic variability in this crop through morphological markers is useful to detect the genetic diversity. 34 plantain genotypes from the Cuban gene center and 5 others obtained from different breeding methods were characterized to determine the present genetic variability and their agronomic performance, so as, to include them in future breeding programs. The 50 minimal morphological characters were evaluated, and 39 of them were processed due to the differences between genotypes. The most important variables were determined and marked differences were found between cultivars from mutagenesis and somaclonal variation and original clones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]