Research framework for the development of Creole pig’s niche market in Martinique: a holistic approach, Gourdine J-L, Lof A., Brithmer R., Hoche-Balustre S., Servier M-F., Bructer, M., Benony K., Limery A., Cyrille M., Vertueux-Degras C., Gauthier V., Fahrasmane L.,Archimède H. and Alexandre, G. Preliminary assessment of local cassava varieties for tolerance to water stress conditions in Trinidad and Tobago, Annika Minott, Lawrence Mahabir, Gaius Eudoxie, Bruce Lauckner, Francis Asiedu, Norman Gibson and Richard Rampersaud Breeding to develop a purple sweet potato for the Virgin Islands, Thomas W. Zimmerman and Carlos Montilla Evaluation of banana and plantain (Musa spp.) accessions tolerant to black sigatoka disease in Dominica, Guyana, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Casper Samuel, Gregory Linton*, Kwame Gyamfi, Somwattie Pooran-DeSouza, Gregory Robin, Dorian Etienne, Ronald Pilgrim, Sharon Jones, Francis Asiedu and Bruce Lauckner How marker-assisted breeding of Musa balbisiana genitors devoid of infectious endogenous banana streak virus sequences contributes to pesticide-free agro ecological banana farming systems, Marie Umber, Jean-Philippe Pichaut, Benoît Farinas, Nathalie Laboureau, Bérenger Janzac, Kaïssa Plaisir-Pineau, Gersende Pressat, Franc-Christophe Baurens, Matthieu Chabannes, Pierre-Olivier Duroy, Chantal Guiougou, Jean-Marie Delos, Christophe Jenny, Marie-Line Iskra-Caruana, Frédéric Salmon and Pierre-Yves Teycheney
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