Morphology and growth of plantain and banana: IITA research guide, No. 66

Plantain and banana (Musa s pp.J are giant perennial herbs which originated in Southeast Asia. Musa is an important food crop in the humid forest and mid-altitude ecologies of sub-Saharan Africa. Several criteria are used to distinguish the different types of cultivated plantain and banana, evolved...

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Main Authors: Swennen, Rony L., Ortíz, R.
Format: Libro
Language:Inglés
Published: 1997
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95907
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description Plantain and banana (Musa s pp.J are giant perennial herbs which originated in Southeast Asia. Musa is an important food crop in the humid forest and mid-altitude ecologies of sub-Saharan Africa. Several criteria are used to distinguish the different types of cultivated plantain and banana, evolved from M . acu-minata and M. balbisiana. The corm is the real stem of the Musa plant and produces 10-15 buds, which may develop into branches called suckers. Suckers are used as planting material. Foliage leaves form the pseudostem, which supports the inflorescence the inflorescence may be complete or incomplete, depending on whether it includes all or only parts of a Musa inflorescence: female flowers, neutral flowers, and male bud. Fruit development includes the maturation and ripening periods.
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spelling CGSpace959072024-03-06T10:16:43Z Morphology and growth of plantain and banana: IITA research guide, No. 66 Swennen, Rony L. Ortíz, R. plantains bananas suckers inflorescence perennial herbs food crops agroecologies Plantain and banana (Musa s pp.J are giant perennial herbs which originated in Southeast Asia. Musa is an important food crop in the humid forest and mid-altitude ecologies of sub-Saharan Africa. Several criteria are used to distinguish the different types of cultivated plantain and banana, evolved from M . acu-minata and M. balbisiana. The corm is the real stem of the Musa plant and produces 10-15 buds, which may develop into branches called suckers. Suckers are used as planting material. Foliage leaves form the pseudostem, which supports the inflorescence the inflorescence may be complete or incomplete, depending on whether it includes all or only parts of a Musa inflorescence: female flowers, neutral flowers, and male bud. Fruit development includes the maturation and ripening periods. 1997 2018-07-05T06:30:11Z 2018-07-05T06:30:11Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95907 en Open Access Swennen, R. & Ortiz, R. (1997). Morphology and growth of plantain and banana: IITA research guide, No. 66. Ibadan, Nigeria: IITA, (p. 32).
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bananas
suckers
inflorescence
perennial herbs
food crops
agroecologies
Swennen, Rony L.
Ortíz, R.
Morphology and growth of plantain and banana: IITA research guide, No. 66
title Morphology and growth of plantain and banana: IITA research guide, No. 66
title_full Morphology and growth of plantain and banana: IITA research guide, No. 66
title_fullStr Morphology and growth of plantain and banana: IITA research guide, No. 66
title_full_unstemmed Morphology and growth of plantain and banana: IITA research guide, No. 66
title_short Morphology and growth of plantain and banana: IITA research guide, No. 66
title_sort morphology and growth of plantain and banana iita research guide no 66
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bananas
suckers
inflorescence
perennial herbs
food crops
agroecologies
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