Names and synonyms of bananas and plantains of India

• Authors : Uma, S.; Sathiamoorthy, S.


• Document type : Book


• Year of publication : 2002


• Publisher(s) : National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR)


• Place of publication : Tiruchirappalli, India


• Pages : 62


• Language(s) : English


• Abstract : India has six banana gene banks having more than 900 banana clones in different names. Initially, effort in this direction was carried out at TNAU, Coimbatore. But those included mostly the varieties of South Indian origin. After the establishment of NRCB at Trichy in 1993, 22 crop specific explorations were conducted and collected 970 indigenous clones from all banana growing areas including southern states, Gujarat, Maharastra, West Bengal, Bihar, North Eastern states namely Assam, Megalaya, Arunachal pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tiripura and Sikkim. Collections were also made in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. During the explorations the names and synonyms of local varieties along with their indigenous knowledge were gathered. This information has been compiled as the names and synonyms of banana and plantains in India. This compilation is expected to overcome most of the confusions and thus reducing duplication of research.


• Keywords : MORPHOTAXONOMY; INDIA; CULTIVAR DIVERSITY; CHECKLIST


• Open access : Yes


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• Musalit document ID : IN030133

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