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Taxonomy and Origins of the Cultivated Banana (1955) Bananas (1959, 1966, and with Robert Stover in 1987) Variability in Crop Plants (1962) Evolution of Bananas (1962) Evolution of Crop Plants (1976, ed. and author) Principles of Crop Improvement (1979); 2nd edition with coauthor J. Smartt (1999) [7] Plant Breeding: The State of the Art (1983)
Musaceae is a family of flowering plants composed of three genera with about 91 known species, [3] placed in the order Zingiberales. The family is native to the tropics of Africa and Asia. The plants have a large herbaceous growth habit with leaves with overlapping basal sheaths that form a pseudostem making some members appear to be woody trees.
Musa coccinea, commonly known as scarlet banana [4] or red-flowering banana, [5] is a species of flowering plant in the banana and plantain family Musaceae, native to tropical China (in Guangdong, Guangxi, and southeastern Yunnan) and Vietnam. [4]
The above-ground part of the plant is a "false stem" or pseudostem, consisting of leaves and their fused bases. Each pseudostem can produce a single flowering stem. After fruiting, the pseudostem dies, but offshoots may develop from the base of the plant. Cultivars of banana are usually sterile, without seeds or viable pollen. [4]
Fe'i banana plants have many other uses. Like other kinds of banana, the leaves may be used as plates or containers for cooked food. They can also be used as a roofing material, particularly for temporary huts. The fibres of the midrib of the leaves can be used to make ropes, often used to carry bunches of bananas.
Plants faced conflicting evolutionary pressures: the need to attract pollinators and seed dispensers, and to minimize the damage caused by herbivores. Many (tropical) plants use toxins to protect themselves. Cassava, one of the most important tropical food crops, produces cyanide upon ingestion unless processed to remove/reduce the cyanide ...
The Fairtrade Minimum Price for bananas is different for each region and is based on the costs of sustainable production. The Fairtrade price for organic bananas is higher than for conventional. Click here to see the full list of Fairtrade prices for bananas. A Fairtrade Premium of 1 US$ per 18.14 kilo-box of bananas is paid to producer ...
The book was reviewed by the scientific community as an incredibly comprehensive book which considerably accelerated the knowledge of economic botany and tropical plants. [1] H. Cammerloher mentions in his review, written at the time of publication, that Heyne's book is the most comprehensive book on tropical plants written to date.