Early Withering of Enlarged Ovules in Pollinated Fruits of Bananas (Musa spp.) Suggest Abortion after Fertilization

Sterility in edible bananas is as a result of long history anthropogenic-driven selection for sterile genotypes, since seed not desirable fruit pulp human consumption. However, this poses challenge to conventional genetic improvement by slowing breeding pipelines. In study, we investigated whether pollen tubes reach all parts the ovary, position fertilized ovule development fruits, and potential set selected banana genotypes. We four cultivars East African Highland Cooking (EAHBs), Matooke hybrid ‘222K-1’, improved diploid ‘2905’, wild ‘Zebrina (G.F.)’ ‘Calcutta 4’. There was evidence distal, mid proximal sections fruit, irrespective hand genotype. Fertilization, indicated an increase size, happened along entire length but complete biased at distal end some were differences fertilization rates between hands, with hands having more ovules higher rates. Ovule happens vast majority aborts, especially ovary. are generally much lower than available ovules.