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Richard
01-06-2008, 06:49 PM
Is there a chart or table which lists bananas by cultivar and also provides cultural information such as height, climate hardiness, disease hardiness, fruit type, size, quality ?
Thanks!
the flying dutchman
01-06-2008, 07:09 PM
Hi and welcome Richard, you can visit our WIKI, there is some info there.
Ron
klemmthamm
01-06-2008, 07:25 PM
http://bananas.bioversityinternational.org/content/view/25/54/lang,en/
One of my favorite sites for info.
Richard
01-06-2008, 07:47 PM
Ron, I previously found many things in the Wiki including the impressive list of cultivars, but I was wondering if this data has been organized into a chart or table for easier ... err ... digestion !
momoese
01-06-2008, 08:19 PM
Richard, you need to hook up with Pitangadiego. He's in San Diego and can sell you some nice pups, and dispense some great info about growing them in your area. Just click on the members link and search through the P's to find his contact info. He also gives tours of his jungle!
Richard
01-06-2008, 09:32 PM
Mitchel, yes Pitangadiego and I are members of the local CRFG and I often send him customers. Someday I will also be one! Klemmthamm provided the useful like to MGIS (thanks!). However, they have limited support for queries against their data; i.e., some combinations cannot be performed simultaneously. I've asked them for a complete electronic copy of their table(s). :2698: We'll see what happens.
In the meantime, if someone knows of a chart / table of cultivar attributes that would be great. I'd hate to have one of my students create something that already exists.
Thanks! :2738:
natedogg1026
01-06-2008, 11:15 PM
Richard, Have you been to WEBEBANANAS.COM? Hope this helps.--Nate:dreadlocksnaner:
Richard
01-06-2008, 11:44 PM
Nate, webebananas.com is a wonderful resource for banana cultivars maintained by Mr. Banana himself. But I am looking for structured data -- tabularized if you will. If it doesn't exist in that form, then certainly that site is a great place to start the creation process. :2738:
Gabe15
01-07-2008, 12:27 AM
Nothing comprehensive exists that you are looking for. You can find lots of similar tables, lists and charts on some of the more commonly hobby-grown species and cultivars, and they have info for growers in North America and Europe for the relatively few varieties available. But most banana varieties are grown in the tropics so things like hardiness are not recorded. If your goal is to create something like this, then have at it.
Richard
01-07-2008, 03:41 AM
So, for those of you who care about such things, what is the opinion about using XML as a base file format? :2738:
klemmthamm
01-07-2008, 04:52 AM
It is a widely used, or at least a fairly common, format for setting up large tables and such, and with the right touch can be aesthetically pleasing as well... I think you're on the right track! :D
Richard
07-27-2017, 06:14 PM
Bump. :2738:
sputinc7
07-27-2017, 09:54 PM
Out digging for dinosaurs today, Richard? :D
You know I would like to see such a thing.
Richard
07-27-2017, 11:35 PM
Out digging for dinosaurs today, Richard? :D
You know I would like to see such a thing.
I did find it here: http://bananas.bioversityinternational.org/content/view/25/54/lang,en/
But heed Gabe's warning below.
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