“Breeders need to understand the genetic make-up of today’s domesticated diploid bananas for their crosses between cultivars, and this study is a major first step toward the characterization in great detail of many of these cultivars.”
I don’t think this is true at all. Empiricism trumps theory and is more efficient and effective.
I’m for sequencing all genomes, but this reasoning is hand waving.
Rudolph Boysen came up with the best tasting berry, and Walter Knott cultivated it, without knowing any genomic data.
I tend to agree with you. But genetics has it's place. It's like that oddball specialty wrench at the bottom of your toolbox which you only use every couple of years.