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ryan
04-28-2008, 11:21 AM
Does anyone know if a good and extensive living collection of bananas exists (not dried up herbarium samples or frozen cells)?

perhaps it is time some people started one? the whole banana family is such a mess with so many overlapping names, and so many varieties. perhaps a place is needed to properly keep and grow stock plants for comparison with 'type' and also for the preservation of species and cultivars.

mskitty38583
04-28-2008, 11:27 AM
i would be more then will to let someone use my back yard.....LOL!

ryan
04-28-2008, 11:47 AM
if only someone would get it started and going i'd be keen to send it tonnes of material!

Gabe15
04-28-2008, 01:42 PM
Banana Bioversity International -- - Banana Home (http://bananas.bioversityinternational.org/)
also see http://195.220.148.3:8013/mgis_2/homepage.htm

Not only do they hold the world banana genebank held in vitro, they organize and compile research done by the many different banana research stations around the world.