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Showing results 1 to 13 of 13 Search took 0.03 seconds. Search: Posts Made By: Roslyn

Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 04-13-2011, 08:34 PM

Replies: 9 Brown spots on leaves Views: 74,409 Posted By Roslyn Re: Brown spots on leaves Do you know if there is a picture on here somewhere of what fertilizer burns look like on banana? I guess it could be possible for the young plants, because we did mix in a little slow release...

Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 04-13-2011, 10:08 AM

Replies: 9 Brown spots on leaves Views: 74,409 Posted By Roslyn Brown spots on leaves Hi everyone, I am growing several banana plants in a greenhouse and lately they have been developing big brown spots on the leaves, like...

Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 03-10-2011, 09:39 AM

Replies: 7 Anyone have black or yellow Sigatoka? Views: 4,145 Posted By Roslyn Re: Anyone have black or yellow Sigatoka? Hi Rick, I looked at your picture and it's not Sigatoka. Is it mostly showing the marginal (along the leaf edges) necrosis, or are there a lot of those spots like on that one leaf you took a picture...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 03-08-2011, 09:09 AM

Replies: 18 Forum problems Views: 6,627 Posted By Roslyn Re: Forum problems I've had the same problem, but it seems like it must just be some of us having this problem because people have been posting while I couldn't access the site. How does that work?

Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 03-08-2011, 08:57 AM

Replies: 7 Anyone have black or yellow Sigatoka? Views: 4,145 Posted By Roslyn Re: Anyone have black or yellow Sigatoka? Thanks, Nicolas. I asked my professor about it and she said that our permit right now doesn't cover collecting from within the United States, so she is looking into getting that changed.

Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics 03-04-2011, 11:30 AM

Replies: 7 Anyone have black or yellow Sigatoka? Views: 4,145 Posted By Roslyn Anyone have black or yellow Sigatoka? Hi everyone, I am a graduate student at North Carolina State University studying black Sigatoka disease. I would like to collect some samples of diseased leaves from different places around the...

Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants 02-11-2011, 03:38 PM

Replies: 3 Banana callus and cell suspension Views: 4,335 Posted By Roslyn Re: Banana callus and cell suspension Hm, since I don't have to re-establish plants from the cell suspension, I may be able to take some leaves and use pectinase to break apart the cells to make a mesophyll cell suspension. It seems like...

Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants 02-11-2011, 12:06 PM

Replies: 3 Banana callus and cell suspension Views: 4,335 Posted By Roslyn Re: Banana callus and cell suspension Thanks for your help. Actually, I do work in a lab. I am a PhD student studying black Sigatoka. I won't be genetically engineering these cells, but unless I can figure out another way of doing a...

Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants 02-10-2011, 01:20 PM

Replies: 3 Banana callus and cell suspension Views: 4,335 Posted By Roslyn Banana callus and cell suspension Right now, I have tissue culture plantlets, some growing in MS+BAP for shoot proliferation, and some growing in MS without hormones, for rooting. I would like to make a banana cell suspension. Does...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 01-23-2011, 09:53 PM

Replies: 28 Ant farm in my banana pot, worry or not? Views: 5,099 Posted By Roslyn Re: Ant farm in my banana pot, worry or not? My main concern is that the ants are farming aphids. They like to eat the aphid "honeydew" (sugary aphid poo) and will protect the aphids so they can do that. You should look on the undersides of the...

Forum: Other Plants 01-22-2011, 06:00 PM

Replies: 3 Anyone tried growing Italian Kale - Lacinato? Views: 2,254 Posted By Roslyn Re: Anyone tried growing Italian Kale - Lacinato? I've grown that kind of kale before. It's also called dinosaur kale, right? At the time, I was in Ithaca, NY, so it was really easy to grow throughout the summer. Have you tried growing it in the...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 01-22-2011, 05:44 PM

Replies: 7 Not having good luck with nanners inside for the winter.. Views: 1,725 Posted By Roslyn Re: Not having good luck with nanners inside fir the winter.. Raja puri seems to be especially forgiving about not getting enough light, though. We've got one that's probably 7 feet tall, next to a window but it doesn't get much light. It has really slowed down...

Forum: Main Banana Discussion 01-22-2011, 11:56 AM

Replies: 7 Not having good luck with nanners inside for the winter.. Views: 1,725 Posted By Roslyn Re: Not having good luck with nanners inside fir the winter.. It may also help if you put the bulbs very close to the leaves. I know that for starting tomato seedlings, they say to get a fluorescent light and put it a couple inches away from the tops of your...

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