Table 1.

Female fertility and hybridization success in 41 East African highland banana cultivars crossed with different males from April 1995 to December 2015 at IITA-Sendusu, Uganda.

Clone set	Cultivar	Bunches pollinated (#)	Seeds (#)	Bunches without seed (#)	Highest seeds per bunch (#)	Mean of seeds per bunch ±SE	Pollination success (%)
Nakabululu	Bukumu	27	1	26	1	0.03 ± 0.03	3.7
	Kazirakwe	1043	599	891	30	0.6 ± 0.1	14.6
	Kibuzi	44	3	43	3	0.1 ± 0.1	2.3
	Mukubakkonde	18	0	18	0	0	0.0
	Nakabululu	35	54	23	10	1.5 ± 0.5	34.3
	Nakasabira	1567	1875	1245	305	1.2 ± 0.2	20.6
	Nakayonga	924	542	781	28	0.6 ± 0.1	15.5
	Nakyetengu	777	957	654	147	1.2 ± 0.2	15.8
	Salalugazi	18	0	18	0	0	0.0
	Total	4,453	4,031	3,699	305	0.9 ± 0.01	16.9
Nfuuka	Bitambi	183	21	174	6	0.1 ± 0.04	4.9
	Entukura	2264	1169	2011	47	0.5 ± 0.1	11.2
	Enyeru	1651	491	1524	36	0.3 ± 0.04	7.7
	Enzirabahima	2277	1537	2015	102	0.7 ± 0.1	11.5
	Kabucuragye	1405	300	1310	23	0.2 ± 0.03	6.8
	Kibalawo	30	16	24	4	0.5 ± 0.2	20.0
	Kulwoni	29	0	29	0	0	0.0
	Nabusa	661	115	634	21	0.2 ± 0.1	4.1
	Nakawere	38	53	26	13	1.4 ± 0.5	31.6
	Nakinyika	33	9	31	6	0.3 ± 0.2	6.1
	Namwezi	1117	401	1012	29	0.4 ± 0.1	9.4
	Nante	234	10	229	4	0.04 ± 0.02	2.1
	Nassaba	30	0	30	0	0	0
	Ndibwabalangira	41	20	36	8	0.5 ± 0.2	12.2
	Nfuuka	1088	339	995	23	0.3 ± 0.04	8.6
	Siira	31	0	31	0	0	0
	Tereza	2609	2107	2239	201	0.8 ± 0.1	14.2
	Total	13,721	6,588	12,350	201	0.5 ± 0.006	10.0
Nakitembe	Mbwazirume	29	0	29	0	0	0.0
	Nakitembe	479	16	473	9	0.03 ± 0.01	1.3
	Nandigobe	33	3	31	2	0.1 ± 0.1	6.1
	Nyamwihogora	14	5	12	3	0.4 ± 0.2	14.3
	Total	555	24	545	9	0.04 ± 0.008	1.8
Musakala	Mayovu	9	0	9	0	0	0
	Mukazialanda	21	0	21	0	0	0
	Murure	17	0	17	0	0	0
	Musakala	18	0	18	0	0	0
	Muvubo	41	0	41	0	0	0
	Nakibizzi	10	0	10	0	0	0
	Namunwe	22	1	21	1	0.04 ± 0.04	4.5
	Total	138	1	137	1	0.007 ± 0.007	0.7
Mbidde	Endirira	26	0	26	0	0	0
	Kabula	19	0	19	0	0	0
	Nalukila	27	0	27	0	0	0
	Nsowe	20	0	20	0	0	0
	Total	92	0	92	0	0	0