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Plant health Improving the understanding of banana

WEBPlant health is the "discipline that uses a range of measures to control and prevent pests, weeds and disease-causing organisms from spreading into new areas, …

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Lois Englberger Improving the understanding of banana

WEBLois Englberger was a nutritionist and advocate of local food who changed the way people look at bananas, or at least their colour. Before she presented results on the levels of …

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Vitamin A in banana Improving the understanding of banana

WEBVitamin A in bananas. Vitamin A is an organic compound that plays an important role in vision, cell growth and the regulation of the immune system. Like most other vitamins, …

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Diversity of banana cultivars

WEBThis portal is part of an on-going effort to document the diversity of edible bananas, all of which have lost the ability to reproduce sexually during the process of domestication and …

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Karat Improving the understanding of banana

WEB'Karat' is the name given to a distinct type of Fei banana in the island of Pohnpei, in the Federated States of Micronesia.The three known cultivars are 'Karat …

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Yangambi Km5 Improving the understanding of banana

WEBThe ProMusa website is licensed under the Creative Commons BY license.You have the permission to use, distribute, and reproduce in any medium, …

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Lakatan Improving the understanding of banana

WEBStatus. Cultivar. ITC code. ITC0573. ' Lakatan ' is a popular dessert banana in the Philippines. It was first described as Musa paradisiaca Lacatan in the 19th century …

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Bungulan Improving the understanding of banana

WEBCavendish. Status. Cultivar. ' Bungulan ' is a popular Cavendish cultivar from the Philippines, where it is also known as 'Bongolan', 'Balungun' and 'Bangalun' among …

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Ney Poovan Improving the understanding of banana

WEBAB. Subgroup. Status. Cultivar. ITC code. ITC0459. ' Ney Poovan ' is one of the few AB genome cultivars and is grown widely because of the sweet, subacid flavour …

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Soil health and suppressiveness: new directions in banana research

WEBThe International Year of Soils generated much discussion and critical analyses around the use of this natural resource. Under the slogan “healthy soils for a …

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Black leaf streak Improving the understanding of banana

WEBBlack leaf streak disease (BLSD), which is commonly known as black Sigatoka, is a leaf spot disease caused by the fungus Pseudocercospora fijiensis, …

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Peru’s best kept banana secret : In pictures Improving the

WEBPeru’s best kept banana secret. 'Isla' is one of the most sought-after bananas in Peru. Yet, little is known about it, starting with how and when it got to South …

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Latundan Improving the understanding of banana

WEBAAA. Subgroup. Silk. Status. Cultivar. ' Latundan ' is a popular dessert banana in the Philippines. The cultivar is named after Claude Letondal, a French …

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Banana sucker Improving the understanding of banana

WEBA fruit-bearing parent plant (left) and a ratoon sucker (right). A sucker is a shoot that develops from a lateral bud on the rhizome and emerges from the soil usually near the …

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Six-step process to priority setting Improving the understanding …

WEBThe methodology used for the priority setting exercise draws heavily on the one developed by Fuglie and collaborators for the International Potato Center, with some modifications …

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Banana diversity in Indonesia

WEBBanana is the most important and widely planted fruit in Indonesia. Major dessert cultivars include Pisang Ambon Kuning (AAA), Pisang Ambon Hijau (AAA), …

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Evaluation of a “Traditional Food for Health” Intervention in …

WEBNutrition-related disorders are serious problems in Pohnpei, the second most populated state in the FSM. The World Health Organization STEPs survey of the Pohnpei state in …

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