Controlled environment system and method for rapid propagation of saba banana (Musa balbisiana) plantlets| J.Bio.Env.Sci.16(1),37-41

By: Jimson S. Ramirez

Key Words: Growth enhancer, Humidifier, Misting system, Macropropagation, Banana, Benzyl amino purine, Napthalene acetic acid

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Conventional propagation practices of banana challenge the production of disease-free planting materials. This study evaluates the use of the misting system and different plant growth enhancers, Benzyl Amino Purine at 2mg/l and Naphthalene Acetic Acid at 0.93g/L, on plantlet development of Saba banana (Musa balbisiana) micro propagated under glasshouse conditions.

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Diversity of bananas (Musa spp.) in Madura Island, East Java: exploration and inventory - JBES

• Lia Hapsari*, Ahmad Masrum, Dewi Ayu Lestari

Banana exploration study has been conducted in Madura Island covering areas of Bangkalan, Sampang, Pamekasan and Sumenep Districts. This paper presents the results of survey, inventory and diversity of bananas in Madura Island including its habitat aspects, agronomic practices and diseases problems. Results showed that banana plants are widely distributed in Madura Island, it grows wild in coastal line, road sides and river banks, or cultivated mostly by small scale farmers in backyards, drylands, intercropped with annual and/or perennial crops. It’s mostly cultivated subsistently with less consideration to cultivation practices for home consumption or for local markets. Major diseases such as bunchy top and wilts have largely spread to the areas, with highest occurrences and intensities in Bangkalan and Pamekasan Districts. Spreads of leaf late blight disease were found sporadically in all areas; with Pamekasan District has the lowest disease intensity. About 37 recognizable banana cultivars with local Madurese names were known with any possible synonymies within the cultivars.

It comprises of 15 dessert bananas, 17 cooking bananas and 5 dual purposess bananas. From this exploration, about 21 living banana specimens consist of 83 suckers were collected from the sites to be ex-situ conserved in Purwodadi Botanic Garden, Pasuruan.

Get Full Article at: Volume 6, Number 3, March 2015 – JBES

Published Journal: Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences (JBES)

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