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The ITC global banana collection covers the widest range of Musa diversity from numerous geographic areas, in particular plantains originating from West and Central Africa, Highland bananas from East Africa and cultivated and wild forms collected in Papua New Guinea. The collection also holds many wild Musa species.
International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre
Scientists are testing banana varieties held in the International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre, Belgium, to see how each kind will fare in the African highlands climate.
ITC | Improving the understanding of banana
2019年4月8日 · The International Transit Centre (ITC) holds the world’s largest collection of bananas, the International Musa Germplasm Collection, which is managed by Bioversity International. Hosted by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, the genebank has more than 1,500 accessions 1 . Most of them are cultivars.
ITC Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre
The Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC) is home to the world’s largest collection of banana germplasm.
Safeguarding and using global banana diversity: a holistic approach ...
2020年10月22日 · The CGIAR genebank International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC) currently holds 1617 banana accessions from 38 countries as an in vitro collection, backed-up by a cryopreserved collection to safeguard global Musa diversity in perpetuity.
ITC ~ International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre - Biodiversity
2019年4月8日 · The International Transit Centre (ITC) holds the world’s largest collection of bananas, the International Musa Germplasm Collection, which is managed by Bioversity International. Hosted by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, the genebank has more than 1,500 accessions. Most of them are cultivars.
MGIS: managing banana (Musa spp.) genetic resources …
2017年6月11日 · Bananas (Musa spp.) are an important staple crop for global food security. They are susceptible to many pests and diseases (e.g. Panama disease/Fusarium wilt) which greatly limits global production (14).
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Presentations now available from the XII International Symposium on Banana: Celebrating Banana Organic Production held in August 2022. Learn more here. Looking for literature? MusaLit contains 19,516 references on bananas published between 1865 and mid-2022. A PDF is available for 54% of the references. Looking for germplasm?
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Banana (Musa spp.) ranks among the top 15 cultivated crops. Of the worldwide banana production, 85% is for home consumption and this production usually is rain fed. Optimal banana production however requires continuous and abundant water, while many agro-eco zones have a …
Bananas (Musa spp.) are one of the world’s major fruit crops that have been cultivated since the dawn of agriculture (Denham et al. 2003).