Avocado pear was first introduced to Ghana in 1750 from Mexico. Several introductions have subsequently been made to encourage commercial cultivation of the crop. To date, however, the crop is still cultivated on subsistence level due mainly to the absence of certified nurseries to provide certified high yielding planting materials to potential avocado farmers. Seeds are the major planting materials but fruits produced from seeds are not true-to-type because of the heterozygous nature of the crop. A successful clonal propagation protocol would be used to mass produce true-to-type high quality cultivars for distribution to farmers to encourage commercial cultivation of the crop in Ghana.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:490995 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Taah, Kingsley Joseph |
| Publisher | University of Nottingham |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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