Breeding for durable resistance in perennial crops / N. W. Simmonds. - Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1986. - 130 p. ; 21 cm. - (FAO plant production and protection paper ; 70) . - FAO plant production and protection papers ; 70. .

"Results from a working group which met in Rome from 17 to 20 December 1984"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references.

Strategies for disease resistance breeding in tropical perennial crops / N.W. Simmonds -- Bananas, Musa CVS / N.W. Simmonds -- Cacao, Theobroma cacao /B.G.D. Bartley -- Cacao, Theobroma cacao 2 / R.A. Muller -- Coffees, Coffea spp. / N.A. van der Graaff -- Coffee, Coffea spp. 2 / R.A. Muller -- Oil palm, Elaeis guineensis / N.W. Simmonds -- Rubber, Hevea brasiliensis / Ho Chai Yee -- Sugarcane, Saccharum cvs / N.W. Simmonds.

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Tropical crops--Breeding--Congresses.
Tropical crops--Disease and pest resistance--Genetic aspects--Congresses.

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