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PR-Giants
07-13-2013, 07:44 AM
The nomenclature system used to classify banana cultivars was developed by Norman Simmonds and Kenneth Shepherd in 1955. It classifies cultivated bananas into genome groups, according to the relative contribution of their ancestral wild species, and into subgroups, sets of closely related cultivars. This system eliminates almost all the difficulties and inconsistencies of a taxonomy based on Musa paradisiaca and Musa sapientum. However, due to difficulties in assigning certain cultivars to a subgroup, and to a lesser extent to a group, there are inconsistencies in the way the system has been applied. Adding to the confusion is the continued use of Latin binomials to classify cultivated bananas. Cultivated bananas are unusual in not having a Latin scientific name.

In this system, bananas, at least the ones that are related to Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana, are classified according to the relative contribution of these species designated by the letter A, for acuminata, and B, for balbisiana. A cultivar is assigned to a genome group according to the number of chromosome sets in its genome (its ploidy) and the species that donated them. Diploid cultivars can belong to the AA or AB genome group, while triploid cultivars fall into three genome groups: AAA, AAB and ABB.

Some taxonomists recognize a BBB genome group, but its existence has not been conclusively demonstrated. Tetraploid cultivars are mostly hybrids produced by breeders.


Scoring system

The system is based on 15 characters that were chosen because they are different in Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. Each character is scored on a scale from one (typical Musa acuminata) to five (typical Musa balbisiana). The possible total scores range from a minimum of 15 to a maximum of 75. The expected scores are 15 for AA and AAA, 35 for AAB, 45 for AB, 55 for ABB and 75 for BB.


Simmonds & Shepherd's
Genome-Based Scoring System (http://www.promusa.org/tiki-index.php?page=Nomenclature+of+cultivated+bananas)


Catalog of Musa Accessions
Mantained by USDA-ARS TARS (https://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=25767)


USDA-ARS TARS
Musa Taxonomic Reference Collection Catalog (https://www.ars.usda.gov/southeast-area/mayaguez-pr/tropical-crops-and-germplasm-research/docs/musa-taxonomic-reference-collection-catalog/)






Bioversity International (http://www.bioversityinternational.org/)

Bioversity - Annual Report 1998 (http://www.bioversityinternational.org/fileadmin/_migrated/uploads/tx_news/Networking_banana_and_plantain_48.pdf)

Bioversity - Annual Report 1999 (http://www.bioversityinternational.org/fileadmin/_migrated/uploads/tx_news/Networking_banana_and_plantain_610.pdf)

Bioversity - Annual Report 2000 (http://www.bioversityinternational.org/uploads/tx_news/Networking_banana_and_plantain_664.pdf)

Bioversity - Annual Report 2002 (http://www.bioversityinternational.org/fileadmin/_migrated/uploads/tx_news/Networking_banana_and_plantain_969.pdf)

Musa Genomics: Free text search (http://www.musagenomics.org/free_text_search/?cx=016697108779861396524%3Afdhayh8_jza&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=thap+maeo+virus-indexed&siteurl=www.musagenomics.org%2Ffree_text_search.html%3Fcx%3D0166 97108779861396524%253Aaxahamgkht0%26cof%3DFORID%253A11%26id%3D13 45%26q%3Dlacatan%26sa.x%3D0%26sa.y%3D0&ref=www.musagenomics.org%2F&ss=36315j479516669j12&searchsite=all)


Musa Germplasm Information System (http://www.crop-diversity.org/mgis/)

Tropgene (http://tropgenedb.cirad.fr/tropgene/JSP/interface.jsp?module=BANANA)

Banana Terminology (http://www.cropontology.org/ontology/CO_125/Banana%20Anatomy)

Descriptors for Musa (http://www.bioversityinternational.org/uploads/tx_news/Descriptors_for_banana__Musa_spp.__326.pdf)

Morphology of banana plant (http://www.promusa.org/tiki-index.php?page=Morphology+of+banana+plant)



Catalogues


A catalogue of wild and cultivated bananas
A tribute to the work of Paul Allen (http://www.bioversityinternational.org/e-library/publications/detail/a-tribute-to-the-work-of-paul-allen/)


Musalogue (http://www.bioversityinternational.org/e-library/publications/detail/musalogue/)


Papua New Guinea collecting missions 1988-89 (https://www.bioversityinternational.org/fileadmin/user_upload/online_library/publications/pdfs/131.pdf)


Catalogue of
introduced and local banana cultivars in the Philippines (http://www.bioversityinternational.org/fileadmin/user_upload/online_library/publications/pdfs/1241.pdf)


Pohnpei banana varieties - a work in progress (http://www.musalit.org/seeMore.php?id=15460)


Consultancy report on training in the identification and characterization of banana varieties and development of the banana industry in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia (http://www.musalit.org/seeMore.php?id=10797)

Banana Cultivar Names and Synonyms in Southeast Asia (http://www.bioversityinternational.org/fileadmin/user_upload/online_library/publications/pdfs/713.pdf)



Caribbean


Organic banana 2000:
Towards an organic banana initiative in the Caribbean (http://www.bioversityinternational.org/fileadmin/user_upload/online_library/publications/pdfs/711.pdf)




Hawaii

Bulletin 7 (http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/9040)

Bulletin 55 (https://ia800309.us.archive.org/32/items/bananacul00wtpo/bananacul00wtpo.pdf)

Farmer's Bookshelf: Tropical Crop Production in Hawaii (http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/fb/fb.html)

Pacific Island Agroforestry - August 2006 ver. 2.2 (http://agroforestry.net/tti/Musa-banana-plantain.pdf)

Pacific Island Agroforestry - February 2007 ver. 1 (http://agroforestry.net/tti/Banana-plantain-overview.pdf)

Pacific Island Agroforestry - Banana and Plantain (http://www.agroforestry.net/scps/Banana_specialty_crop.pdf)





Queensland’s Department of Agriculture

Queensland Government - Department of Agriculture (http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/search?collection=deedi&scope=www.daff.qld.gov.au&form=daff-rest&query=bananas&search_page_4116_submit_button=Search)

Australian Bananas magazine | Summer 2013-2014 (http://www.bioversityinternational.org/fileadmin/user_upload/online_library/publications/pdfs/Banana_stew_and_brew_on_Uganda_s_menu__1779.pdf)







Florida

University of Florida (http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/35/1/120.full.pdf)

University of Florida 1995 (http://trec.ifas.ufl.edu/crane/pdfs/updates/Potential%20banana%20cultivars%20for%20Florida%202008%20Eng-Span%20final.pdf)

University of Florida - Banana and Plantains (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_banana)

University of Florida - Banana Growing in the Florida Home Landscape (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg040)






http://www.bananas.org/f2/fhia-profile-links-19824.html#post239075

Banana research in India (http://www.scribd.com/doc/23124754/10/Current-status-of-banana-research-in-India)


Propagating quality planting material to improve plant health and crop performance, key practices for dessert banana, plantain and cooking banana: Illustrated guide (http://www.bioversityinternational.org/fileadmin/user_upload/online_library/publications/pdfs/Propagating_quality_planting_material_to_improve_plant_health_an d_crop_1894.pdf)


Multidisciplinary perspectives on banana
(Musa spp.) domestication (https://www.biw.kuleuven.be/nieuws/fiches/PNAS-110720.pdf)

An update from Papua New Guinea (http://journals.sfu.ca/era/index.php/era/article/viewFile/388/243)

Why Bananas Matter:
An introduction to the history of banana domestication (http://journals.sfu.ca/era/index.php/era/article/view/356)

Musa čŠ*蕉属 (http://plantillustrations.org/taxa.php?id_taxon=10548&lay_out=0&hd=0&group=1)



:woohoonaner:

Please add more links.

Have a Great Day

brod
07-13-2013, 07:31 PM
Thanks PR-Giants for the excellent links. However the link to the B genotype does not work.

pitangadiego
07-14-2013, 06:51 PM
Excellent links.

I think it would take a week to fill out the descriptor list for even one banana.

ez
01-19-2014, 01:47 PM
This pdf file contains a lot of information on banana cultivars.:08:
Farmers’ Handbook on Introduced and Local Banana Cultivars in the Philippines (http://www.bioversityinternational.org/uploads/tx_news/Farmer_s_handbook_on_introduced_and_local_banana_cultivars_in_th e_Philippines_1376.pdf)


Musalogue: a catalogue of Musa germplasm Papua New Guinea collecting missions 1988-89 (http://www.bioversityinternational.org/uploads/tx_news/Musalogue__nbsp_a_catalogue_of_Musa_germplasm_131.pdf)




http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3675/12374193794_fac99cd44b_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12374193794/)

ez
01-20-2014, 02:47 PM
:2738:

Brief Description of Banana Cultivars Available from the University of Hawaii Seed Program pdf file (http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/UHMG/downloads/Bananas_ADSC.pdf)

Banana and plantain—an overview with emphasis on Pacific island cultivars. pdf file (http://agroforestry.net/tti/Banana-plantain-overview.pdf)



http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7336/12373906084_04aa411f21_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12373906084/)

ez
01-26-2014, 08:53 PM
:2738:

Catalogue of introduced and local banana cultivars in the Philippines (http://www.bioversityinternational.org/uploads/tx_news/Catalogue_of_introduced_and_local_banana_cultivars_in_the_Philip pines_1241.pdf)


Bioversity International guide to FHIA bananas http://growables.org/information/Tro...HIAhybrids.pdf (http://growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/documents/guidetoFHIAhybrids.pdf)


Multilingual multiscript plant name database - Sorting Musa Cultivars (http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Musa-cvs.html)


Banana physicochemical and functional differentiation of dessert and cooking banana during ripening – a key for understanding consumer preferences. (http://www.promusa.org/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=806&display)

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2868/12373447955_bde877ed03_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/104348596@N08/12373447955/)

ez
02-06-2014, 02:35 PM
:2738:

TARS Musa Catalog.pdf file (http://www.ars-grin.gov/may/documents/TARSMusaCatalog.pdf)


Pohnpi Bananas
A Photo Collection
CAROTENOID-RICH VARIETIES
By Lois Englberger and Adelino Lorens - pdf file (http://www.underutilized-species.org/documents/publications/pohnpei_bananas.pdf)


The banana cultivar checklist is a list of of banana cultivar names and the groups into which they are classified. (http://www.promusa.org/tiki-index.php?page=Banana+cultivar+checklist&tr_initial=a) :waving:


http://www.musarama.org/upload/high/makira-banana-poster-ifcp.jpg

ez
02-13-2014, 07:35 PM
Ken at HawaiiFruit.net (http://www.hawaiifruit.net/indexposter.html) gave me permission to share Big Island Bananas Poster.

Thanks Ken

Enjoy everyone :waving:



http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55706 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=55706&limit=recent)

robguz24
02-13-2014, 10:06 PM
I have that banana poster on my office wall! There are a few errors, of course. FHIA-18 is Bananza and SH-3640 is High Noon. The Pisang Mas doesn't look correct, and is usually called Sucrier here or Kluay Khai. Golden Pillow is an AAB. Putalinga is a Tongan type, not a true Hawaiian Popo'ulu type. Tall Red is the same as Cuban/Jamaican Red as far as I know, and the two Dwarf Reds are probably the same. Although people here seem to have or at least believe the Tall Reds come in 3 different sizes. Great poster though.

This is the 2nd (latest) version I think. Hopefully they will do it again and make it larger.

Yuri Barros
02-23-2014, 10:26 AM
Nice thread.............

PR-Giants
02-02-2015, 09:57 AM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=54141 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=54141)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57141 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57141)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57138 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57138)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57139 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57139)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57144 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57144)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50542 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50542)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50497 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50497)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57142 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57142)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57140 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57140)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57137 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57137)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57042 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57042)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57192 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57192)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=57041 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57041)


Symptoms of banana streak virus (left) and cucumber mosaic virus (right) on the same banana leaf.
(Photo: Ben Lockhart, University of Minnesota)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56791 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56791)

Going Bananas
08-27-2015, 11:15 AM
PRG
Thank you on the excellent links you provided.
Alot of reference material and information.
BRAVO:bananas_b

PR-Giants
09-01-2015, 07:51 AM
Illustrated Guide to the Identification of Banana Varieties in the South Pacific - 1995 (http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/118448/2/33.pdf)

IDENTIFICATI0N OF VARIETIES

Identification of banana varieties is
difficult but is essential for choosing
the correct type for marketing and
for gaining understanding of pest
and disease relationships.

Identification is made much easier
once the observer has developed
mental pictures of the different types
of bananas. Photographs of
varieties are therefore of great
assistance and are particularly
useful for inexperienced
observers trying to identity a
variety. Even for experienced
observers, they can be a useful
additional aid, particularly where
large numbers of varieties are
being considered and for those
varieties not often seen.

This guide attempts to cover
most of the banana varieties
likely to be encountered in the
South Pacific region. With this
information, the ability to identity
illegally introduced clones or the
newer ones being evaluated for
resistance to black Sigatoka will
be enhanced.

Identifying varieties by deduction
is far easier than by induction.
That is to say, if the full range of
varieties in a locality is known,
for example by reference to
photographs, then a specimen
with unique morphological
features can be identified readily.

However, difficulties occur when
plants grown in an environment
markedly different from that to
which the observer is
accustomed are presented for
identification. Problems in
identification also arise when
the observer is exposed to a new
variety, and no bunches are
available for inspection.

To overcome these problems the
following steps are proposed.
First compare the variety to be
identified with the photographs.
Next, if further clarification is
needed, refer to Table 3 and
sequentially work through
pseudostem height,
distinguishing features, black
Sigatoka reaction and bunch
characteristics.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56153 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56153)

Mark Dragt
11-18-2017, 01:53 PM
That is a bunch of links. I have a couple plants with a ? Of the identity. Wealth of info here.

PR-Giants
11-19-2017, 08:26 AM
WOW... good bump, it's been over 2 years. :woohoonaner:

That is a bunch of links. I have a couple plants with a ? Of the identity. Wealth of info here.

druss
12-05-2017, 09:42 PM
Anyone managed to download the usda tars catalogues? I get an error page.

Tytaylor77
12-06-2017, 05:57 AM
Anyone managed to download the usda tars catalogues? I get an error page.

Same here. I used to access it ok. Never downloaded it though. Starting awhile back. Maybe a year! It started giving the error page. It’s too big to share or email. I wish someone who has it could upload it to a backup site, etc.

If anyone does have it downloaded and can get it to me somehow. I would add it to my server myself and give free access to it as a backup. PM me if you have it saved and wanna try.

PR-Giants
05-06-2019, 08:25 AM
Anyone managed to download the usda tars catalogues? I get an error page.

It is working ok now.

PR-Giants
05-06-2019, 08:26 AM
:08:
Blue Java Ice Cream

10 hands :08::woohoonaner:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53945 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53945)

For members that might not be able to distinguish between Ney Mannan/Blue Java on the left and the Pisang Awak/Namwa on the right focus on the differences of the crown and pedicels.



Banana Terminology (http://www.cropontology.org/ontology/CO_125/Banana%20Anatomy)




http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=50331 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50331)

Katie Thompson
07-28-2019, 11:29 AM
Can you tell me what document/book those terrific identification figures (the scans) are from?