When I first read of Mauro's efforts I thought he was crazy. I still think he may be a little crazy but he is having fun and is taking a positive outlook on this, recognizing it's based on folklore, etc. However, I did do some searching a couple of years ago after mentioning it to a friend (a university professor working mostly with heliconia) who was even more convinced than I that there was no merit in the musa grafting. My searching did turn up some paper about the transfer of genes that may take place with some grafts. It wasn't entirely clear to me what it all meant at the time and even less so now after time has passed since reading the research paper. I think it's interesting to read of Mauro's continued efforts and wish him success and even hopes that he might prove us skeptics as being the crazy ones. Good luck and best wishes!
