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

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    Date
    1997
    Author
    Swennen, R.
    Ortiz, R.
    Type
    Book
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    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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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/3914
    IITA Subjects
    Food Security; Crop Systems; Plantain; Smallholder Farmers; Plant Breeding; Plant Ecology; Plant Production; Post-Harvesting Technology; Cowpea; Pests Of Plants; Plant Diseases; Banana
    Agrovoc Terms
    Plantains; Bananas; Suckers; Inflorescence; Perennial Herbs; Food Crops; Agroecologies
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Nigeria
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