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.)
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.)
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
Email: rrice@calpoly.edu
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