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Banana plantations are subject to damage by parasitic nematodes and insect pests, and to fungal and bacterial diseases, one of the most serious being Panama disease which is caused by a Fusarium fungus. This and black sigatoka threaten the production of Cavendish bananas, the main kind eaten in the Western world, which is a triploid Musa ...
The following is a list of banana cultivars and the groups into which they are classified. Almost all modern cultivated varieties ( cultivars ) of edible bananas and plantains are hybrids and polyploids of two wild, seeded banana species, Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana .
Cavendish bananas, accounting for around 99% of banana exports to developed countries, are vulnerable to the fungal disease known as Panama disease. There is a risk of extinction of the variety. There is a risk of extinction of the variety.
The variety was once the dominant export banana to Europe and North America, grown in Central America but, in the 1950s, Panama disease, a wilt caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense, wiped out vast tracts of Gros Michel plantations in Central America, though it is still grown on non-infected land throughout the region. [9]
Musa acuminata is a species of banana native to Southern Asia, its range comprising the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.Many of the modern edible dessert bananas are from this species, although some are hybrids with Musa balbisiana. [5]
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The red banana is a triploid cultivar of the wild banana Musa acuminata, belonging to the AAA group. [4] Its official designation is Musa acuminata (AAA Group) 'Red Dacca'. [5] [6] Synonyms include: [4] Musa acuminata Colla (AAA Group) cv. 'Red' Musa sapientum L. f. rubra Bail. Musa sapientum L. var. rubra (Firm.) Baker ; Musa rubra Wall. ex Kurz.