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The emergence of triploids in Musa may be explained by the hybridisation between cultivars producing non-reduced gametes (Simmonds and Shepherd 1955) and diploids producing normal haploid gametes. For example, to trace the diploid ancestors of Cavendish and Gros Michel sub-groups, the nuclear RFLP patterns of 178 diploid clones representing the worldwide variability of the species were compared with that of the triploid varieties. This analysis led to the identification of mainly three AA clones (namely ‘Akondro Mainty’, ‘Chicame’ and ‘Samba’) as the common putative diploid ancestor of Cavendish and Gros Michel varieties that contributed to triploid formation through the production of 2n gametes.
1 The 3x/2x Strategy: Development of Primary Tetraploids and Secondary Triploids From the beginning, breeders tried to exploit triploid varieties showing residual fertility when pollinated with a diploid clone. In spite of their high degree of sterility, some triploid varieties produce few seeds. Among them, some arise from a few unreduced triploid eggs cells (n = 3x = 33) that could be fertilised with normal haploid pollen to give tetraploid embryos (Fig. 6; Bakry and Horry 1992a). The value of this phenomenon is that genes from the mother plant do not segregate and, therefore, the maternal characteristics are retained that made the fruit marketable.
Till now, no M. balbisiana accession free of EPRV-BSV has been found in the most important ex situ Musa collections around the world. Therefore, there is a huge necessity to prospect new endemic M. balbisiana accessions in the centre of origin of the species (Uma et al. 2005) and to determine their status regarding BSV integrated sequences. At the same time, it is necessary to initiate a breeding programme to free the B genome from EPRV-BSV susceptibility. 6 Breeding Strategies and Methodologies In spite of inherent gametophytic sterility, notable progress has been made over the last 20 years.