879_10 AFRICA'S GROWING ROLE IN WORLD TRADE COULD PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES, 879_11 INNOVATION IN BANANA VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT IN METEMA DISTRICT, NORTHWESTERN ETHIOPIA: IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY AND MARKET SUCCESS (IPMS) PROJECT EXPERIENCES, 879_12 THE EXTENT AND CAUSES OF BANANA (MUSA SPP.) ), 879_69 ANALYSIS OF GENETIC DIVERSITY AND RELATIONSHIPS IN EAST AFRICAN 'APPLE BANANA' (AAB GENOME) AND 'MURARU' (AA GENOME) DESSERT BANANAS USING MICROSATELLITE MARKERS, 879_70 AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION OF BANANA CULTIVAR 'RASTALI' (MUSA, AAB GENOME) WITH CHITINASE GENE, 879_71 CONTROL OF BANANA XANTHOMONAS WILT DISEASE USING GENETIC ENGINEERING, 879_72 ESTABLISHMENT OF VIRUS-FREE BANANA (MUSA SPP.) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN EASTERN, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA, 879_30 LEVERAGING NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR SCALE AND IMPACT: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE CROP CRISIS CONTROL PROJECT, 879_31 PROTECTING THE AFRICAN BANANA (MUSA SPP. It is increasingly found on inland paths and roadsides and can tolerate growing beside salt treated surfaces. The expression "bananas and plantains" has created confusion as to what Plantains are2 ), 879_33 NEMATODE CONTROL ON PLANTAIN SUCKERS (MUSA SPP. TECHNOLOGIES IN NIGERIA, 879_87 USING STRATEGIC ENTRY POINTS AND LINKED TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENHANCED UPTAKE OF IMPROVED BANANA (MUSA SPP.) PhD thesis. 5. The protein content of false horn plantain flour was however low (3.39 % to 5.27%).The plantain flour starch was not influenced by any of the soil amendments. Banana flowers), The ProMusa website is licensed under the, diversity of Plantains in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Limits of Morphotaxonomy : names and synonymes of plantains in Africa and elsewhere, The origin of the expression "bananas and plantains", Evidence for banana cultivation and animal husbandry during the first millennium BC in the forest of southern Cameroon, The Plantains of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Essai de classification des bananiers plantains (AAB), The morphological diversity of plantain in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Influence de la parthénocarpie sur la dégénérescence florale chez le bananier. PRODUCTIVITY AND VALUE ADDITION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 879_91 MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF THE PLANTAIN (MUSA SPP.) . . For the False Horn Plantain, cv. Phase 1: The basal male flowers experience an ‘ovary’ hypertrophy. As compared with the reference False Horn plantain variety, this new and distinct variety of plantain (genus Musa, interspecific hybrid) plant has the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. 879, 527-535 Exceptions are cultivars such as 'Vuhembe', which has been found growing at 2,172 m in North Kivu, the Democratic republic of Congo6 Embryogenic suspensions were established from these embryogenic cultures. For example, improved medium cultivar (False-horn) can produce matured big fruit from 7 – 9 months. Since the height and girth of the pseudostem vary with the environmental conditions, the number of leaves produced from planting to flowering is used to determine the size class: giant (more than 40 leaves); medium (between 32 and 38 leaves); and small (less than 30 leaves)8 879_61 COMBATING PHYTOSANITARY CONSTRAINTS TO BANANA (MUSA SPP.) PROCESSING BUSINESSES: SUPPORT ENVIRONMENT AND ROLE IN POVERTY REDUCTION IN RURAL TANZANIA, 879_25 PERSPECTIVES OF SMALL-SCALE MUSA PROCESSING FIRMS IN NIGERIA, 879_26 ANALYSIS OF MUSA PROCESSING BUSINESSES AND THEIR SUPPORT ENVIRONMENT IN MALAWI, 879_27 ROLE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND TRANSGENICS IN BANANAS (MUSA SPP.) IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA, 879_7 CHARACTERISTICS OF MOUNTAIN BANANAS IN FRENCH WEST INDIES, 879_8 OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS FOR DRIED DESSERT BANANA (MUSA SPP.) GROWING FOR EXPORT: INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN PRODUCTION AND MARKETING - THE NEED FOR PARTNERSHIPS, 879_3 EXPORTING BANANAS FOR IMPROVED LIVELIHOODS AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES FROM LATIN AMERICA AND AFRICA, 879_4 A VADEMECUM OF BANANA (MUSA SPP.) The leaves of dwarf types are also more erect. Corporación Bananera Nacional, Apdo. CULTIVATION IN NIGERIA: A REVIEW OF ITS PRODUCTION, MARKETING AND RESEARCH IN THE LAST TWO DECADES, 879_20 PROSPECT AND CONSTRAINTS OF MARKETING OF MUSA SPP. IN REFRIGERATED SHIPS AND CONTAINERS: PRESHIPMENT AND SHIPBOARD FACTORS INFLUENCING CARGO OUT-TURN CONDITION, 879_41 EFFECT OF MODE OF RIPENING ON ETHYLENE BIOSYNTHESIS DURING RIPENING OF DIPLOID BANANA (MUSA SPP.) Adheka, J. G., Dhed'a, D. B., Karamura, D., Blomme, G., Swennen, R. and De Langhe, E. 2018. . The plant size categories are also different. TECHNOLOGIES IN CENTRAL GHANA - THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY CHARACTERISTICS, 879_80 FACTORS AFFECTING THE ADOPTION OF DISEASE-RESISTANT PLANTAIN AND BANANA (MUSA SPP.) AND ENSET IN ETHIOPIA, 879_40 CARRIAGE OF BANANAS (MUSA SPP.) AND NEW THINKING ABOUT PATHWAYS FOR SCIENCE IMPACT, 879_74 INNOVATION SYSTEMS, FOOD SECURITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: LESSONS FROM THE ACP REGION, 879_75 TRACKING THE SPILLOVER OF INTRODUCED TECHNOLOGIES: THE CASE OF IMPROVED BANANA (MUSA SPP.) Curraré (AAB, plantain subgroup), which has a degenerating male bud, female flowers are used to regenerate plants through ISE. Department of Biotechnological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Kisangani.114 pp. Horn types tend to produce very few fruit spread over one to five hands (exceptionally eight to ten). The expression was coined to raise awareness on the importance of cooking bananas for food security, but in doing so it helped spread the misconception that the word "banana" refers to dessert bananas only. False Horn Plantain Fig 3. These cultivars have a long vegetative cycle and are susceptible to toppling in windy conditions. The Ecuadorian plantain, Barragenete, is a tall, vigorous false-horn type that is the main plantain grown in the country that grows the most plantains. TRADE FROM AFRICA INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION, 879_5 SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TISSUE CULTURE BANANA (MUSA SPP.) The leaves distinguish it from Sea Plantain, which has undivided leaves. S.No. The plantain cultivar "Huamoa," which was introduced in 1991 from Hawaii by the USDA, Tropical Agriculture Research Station, has re- cently gained popularity among local growers and consumers. Enter the password that accompanies your e-mail or user number. Rhino Horn banana plants can grow to a height of 12 to 20 feet. mekoa, c. and hauser, s. (2010). Two types dominate the market: French or Horn, each with a number of varieties. On the other hand, flour produced from plantain with NPK+PM amendment had low bulk density and low water absorption capacity. Sucker and Cultivar:Plantain is mostly propagated by sucker. The false-horn bunches of ‘Maricongo’ were left unpruned to produce their approximate average number of seven hands. Alfonso Vargas. [2] [3] The pseudostem and leaves are dappled red. And FUTURE, 879_67 in VITRO MUTAGENESIS in BANANA ( MUSA SPP. the IMPACTS BANANA... Rural DEVELOPMENT, 879_22 BANANA ( MUSA SPP. MUSAE, 879_47 DETERMINATION of maturity of... 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