Banana and Plantain Production

2/15/01


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Banana and Plantain Production

Bananas and Plantains (Musa spp. and cultivars)

Centers of Banana production

Banana plantation

Young Banana plantation

Banana Planting with suckers

Dwarf Cavendish Type

Bananas/Plantains--Uses

Banana nutrition

Botany

Botany (cont.)

Botany (cont.)

AAA triploids--two types

Gros Michel vs. Dwarf Cavendish

Botany: (cont)

Banana rhizome

Pseudostem

Banana leaf

Botany: inflorescence

Banana flower bud

Banana flower

Banana fruit and flower

Botany: fruit

Banana hands emerge

Banana Hand

Banana bunch

Banana Cultivars

Banana cultivars (cont.)

Climatic Requirements

Climate (cont.)

Climate (cont.)--wind

Climate (cont.)--sunlight

Soil

Propagation

Propagation (cont.)

Propagation (cont.)

Planting

Pests--nematodes

Insects

Banana stalk borer control

Other insect pests:Banana rust thrips, fruit scarring beetle

Panama Disease

Sigatoka (leaf spot) Disease

Black Sigatoka (Black leaf streak)

Bunchy Top Virus

Harvesting and Handling

Ripening

Ripening (cont).

Banana Ripening Stages

Packing

Plantain packing

Author: Robert Rice

Email: rrice@calpoly.edu

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