Musalogue, a Catalogue of Musa Germplasm

Download or read book Musalogue, a Catalogue of Musa Germplasm written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second edition of Musalogue to be published by INIBAP. This Musalogue covers most of the diversity in the genus Musa and is intended to be educational in nature. Through this publication, INIBAP aims to inform a wide audience about the vast range of diversity to be found in both cultivated bananas and their wild relatives. The publication is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the wild species, covering the sections Eumusa, Australimusa, Callimusa and Rhodochlamys, while the second part provides information on cultivated varieties (cultivars). A list of the species and main groups and subgroups ofcultivars in the genus Musa is provided on page ix-xi (international classification).