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Musa 'Rose' (AA)
Musa 'Saba' (ABB)
Musa 'Cavendish' (AAA)
Musa 'Goldfinger' (AAAA)
Musa 'Giant Kalapua' (ABBT)-M.acuminata, M.balbisianax2, M.textilis
Musa 'Ramina' (Fe'i)- since the genetics of these bananas are not known, they are written as just (Fe'i).
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I've seen this AAA, ABB, ... before. It refers to the ploidy level (diploids, triploids, quadruploids, ...)[JoeReal]. I know this somehow deals with the number of DNA helixes in the cell, but how does it affect the fenotype of a banana plant ? Does triploidness causes a plant to have an edible bananas or ones without seeds, a big plant or a dwarf, ... ?
How should I interpret AA or AAA or ABB ? What does the A or the B stand for ?