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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. Because Cavendish bananas are parthenocarpic (they don't have seeds and reproduce only through cloning), their
Left to right: plantains, Red, Latundan, and Cavendish bananas 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 .
The Gros Michel has a higher concentration of isoamyl acetate, the ester commonly used for "banana" food flavoring, than the Cavendish. [12] This higher concentration is responsible for the myth that banana flavoring was based on the Gros Michel, but artificial banana flavor was not based on any specific cultivar.
The Philippines is the world's third largest producer of pineapples, producing more than 2.4 million of tonnes in 2015. [49] The Philippines was in the top three banana producing countries in 2010, including India and China. [50] Davao and Mindanao contribute heavily to the total national banana crop. [50]
The Gros Michel banana was the dominant cultivar of bananas, and Fusarium wilt inflicted enormous costs and forced producers to switch to other, disease-resistant cultivars. Since the 2010s, a new outbreak of Panama disease caused by the strain Tropical Race 4 (TR4) has threatened the production of the Cavendish banana, today's most popular ...
Lakatan bananas, also spelled Lacatan, are diploid banana cultivars from the Philippines. It is one of the most common banana cultivars in the Philippines, along with the Latundan and Saba bananas. [1] Lakatan bananas should not be confused with the Cavendish banana Masak Hijau, which is also known as "Lacatan" in Latin America and the West Indies.
The Masak Hijau banana is one of the tallest Cavendish clones, [1] [2] with the pseudostem reaching heights of 12 to 15 ft (3.7 to 4.6 m) tall. [5] It produces bunches consisting of 6 to 12 hands, each with 12 to 20 fingers.
Poverty Incidence of Panabo 5 10 15 20 25 30 2000 23.36 2003 22.74 2006 24.50 2009 14.77 2012 16.58 2015 19.10 2018 8.65 2021 18.46 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Banana plantations in Panabo Being an agro-industrial city, Panabo is known as the "Banana Capital of the Philippines" due to numerous banana plantations scattered throughout the city. In fact, Panabo is the home of the ...