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Forgetting cane grasses: Switching temporal focus to reveal mosaics of Saccharum diversity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 3, Page 590-602, May 2025.
Sugarcane (Saccharum cvs.) is one of the most important cash crops globally. Related varieties and species of cane grasses of the genus Saccharum are also important subsistence crops in the Indo‐Pacific region. Despite the significance of these crops globally and recent advances in genetic characterisation, the histories and geographies of ...
Tim Denham
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Effect of Bunch-Trimming on Yield and Quality in Banana

Journal of Horticultural Sciences, 2007
The experiment consisted of different intensities of hand removal viz. 1,2 and 3 hands (H1, H2 and H3 respectively) and time of hand removal i.e., immediately after opening of last hand (T1), one week after opening of last hand (T2), and two weeks after
M A Hasan, R Ray Chowdhury, S Sarkar, S Mathew   +3 more
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Diagnostic of Banana streak viruses (BSV) and study of their levels of prevalence and molecular diversity in Cuba [PDF]

, 2011
Banana and plantain play a significant role in food security in Cuba, as reflected by the important surfaces (ca 101 000 ha) devoted to their culture. Interspecific triploid (AAB) and tetraploid (AAAB) plantain hybrids harbouring both the Musa acuminata (
Arencibia, Neyda, Del Loreto Reyes, Maria, Echemendia, Ana Lidia, Fonseca, Acela, Font, Caridad, Gonzalez, Gloria, Javer Higginson, Elisa, Luis Ramos, Pedro, Teycheney, Pierre-Yves   +8 more
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Molecular and cytological characterization of the global Musa germplasm collection provides insights into the treasure of banana diversity [PDF]

, 2016
Bananas (Musa spp.) are one of the main fruit crops grown worldwide. With the annual production reaching 144 million tons, their production represents an important contribution to the economies of many countries in Asia, Africa, Latin-America and Pacific
Christelova, P., Cizkova, J., Doležel, Jaroslav, Houwe, I. van den, Hribova, E., Husakova, M., Kepler, A.K., Langhe, E. de, Roux, N., Sardos, J., Sutanto, A., Swennen, Rony L.   +11 more
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Genetic Improvement of Banana for Resistance to Xanthomonas Wilt in East Africa

Food and Energy Security, Volume 14, Issue 1, January/February 2025.
ABSTRACT Banana (Musa spp.) is a staple food and income generation crop, feeding millions worldwide. However, the cultivation of bananas is challenging due to biotic and abiotic production constraints. Among these factors are pests and diseases, especially banana bacterial disease.
Anastasie Musabyemungu, Jaindra Nath Tripathi, Samwel K. Muiruri, Svetlana V. Gaidashova, Placide Rukundo, Leena Tripathi   +5 more
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Tropical fruit‐derived starch: An innovative strategy for high‐value nutritional processing of agricultural solid waste

Food Frontiers, Volume 6, Issue 1, Page 142-162, January 2025.
To improve the possibility of realizing the industrialization of starch derived from tropical fruits and its application in the food and non‐food industries, this article comprehensively reviews the extraction methods, structural characterization, physical and chemical properties, and nutrition and functions properties of starch resources from tropical
Tian Lan, Jiaqi Wang, Yongwu Li, Yaguo Wang, Xiangyu Sun, Yulin Fang, Tingting Ma   +6 more
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GAS EXCHANGE IN DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF BANANA PRATA IN SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENT

Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, 2016
This study aimed to evaluate gas exchange of banana Prata in two production cycles in semiarid environment. Six cultivars were used as treatments arranged into a completely randomized design with five replications and four plants per plot.
ALESSANDRO DE MAGALHÃES ARANTES, SÉRGIO LUIZ RODRIGUES DONATO, DALMO LOPES DE SIQUEIRA, EUGÊNIO FERREIRA COELHO, TÂNIA SANTOS SILVA   +4 more
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Painting the diversity of a world's favorite fruit: A next generation catalog of cultivated bananas

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 263-283, January 2025.
Bananas are nutritious fruits of major importance worldwide. Characterizing their diversity is essential to ensure their conservation and use. A catalog showcasing cultivated bananas genomic diversity was compiled and is to be used as a tool to support the classification of banana cultivars.
Julie Sardos, Alberto Cenci, Guillaume Martin, Catherine Breton, Valentin Guignon, Ines Van den Houwe, Yaleidis Mendez, Gabriel L. Sachter‐Smith, Rachel Chase, Max Ruas, Ronan Rivallan, Janet Paofa, William Wigmore, David Tilafono Hunter, Angélique D'Hont, Nabila Yahiaoui, Christophe Jenny, Xavier Perrier, Nicolas Roux, Mathieu Rouard   +19 more
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Evaluación de Varios Niveles de Fertilización en Aplicación Edáfica y en Fertiriego en el Cultivo de Plátano (Musa AAB Simmonds). El Carmen. Manabí.

Revista Eídos, 2009
En El Carmen, Manabí a una altura de 235msnm., se evaluó la respuesta del cultivo de plátano (Musa AAB) a dos tipos de fertilización (fertiriego y fertilización sólida), y a cinco niveles de fertilización: n1 (20 kg ha-1 N + 30 kg ha-1 P2O5 + 50 kg ha-1
Diego Alfonso Vaca Sotelo, Marcelo Calvache   +1 more
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Prevalence and diversity of Banana streack virus species in Cuba [PDF]

, 2009
Banana streak virus (BSV) species are widespread in Musa spp worldwide. They are naturally transmitted either horizontally by several mealybug species or vertically by vegetative propagation of infected germplasm.
Acina Manbole, Isabelle Nina, Arencibia, Neyda, Del Loreto Reyes, Maria, Echemendia, Ana Lidia, Fonseca Fonseca, Acela, Font, Caridad, Gonzalez, Gloria, Javer Higginson, Elisa, Quiala, Iridio, Teycheney, Pierre-Yves   +9 more
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