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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)
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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