5. BANANA INTRODUCTION
Banana is one of the most important commercial
tropical fruits traded
. Banana is thus called “Apple of Paradise”. It is
also known as “Adam Fig”.
Banana is a type of fruit from herbaceous plants
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7. ROOT SYSTEM OF BANANA
The root system of banana plants begins
as a single rhizome that puts out
suckers, which form new plants to
replace the dying main plant after it
fruits. The rhizome, suckers and their
fibrous roots form a mass of roots
known as the mat
12. METHODS OF PLANTING BANANAB A N A N A S D O N O T G R O W F R O M A S E E D B U T F R O M A B U L B
O R R H I Z O M E . T H E T I M E B E T W E E N P L A N T I N G A B A N A N A
P L A N T A N D T H E H A R V E S T O F T H E B A N A N A B U N C H I S
F R O M 9 T O 1 2 M O N T H S . T H E F L O W E R A P P E A R S I N T H E
S I X T H O R S E V E N T H M O N T H . B A N A N A S A R E A V A I L A B L E
T H R O U G H O U T T H E Y E A R - T H E Y D O N O T H A V E A
G R O W I N G ' S E A S O N ' .
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14. GENERAL GUIDE IN BANANA
CULTIVATION
GROWING BANANAS DOES NOT REQUIRE MUCH EFFORT
BUT TO ACHIEVE HIGH YIELDS REQUIRES SKILLS,
DEDICATION, AND PROPER
PLANTING METHODS. BELOW ARE SOME PERTINENT
GUIDES THAT ANY BANANA GROWERS SHOULD BE
AWARE OF. THE LIST IS NOT
EXHAUSTIVE AND CERTAINLY REQUIRES SOME
ADJUSTMENTS DEPENDING ON THE VARIETY OF THE
BANANAS
15. BANANA FACTSB A N A N A S A R E T H E F R U I T
P R O D U C E D B Y VA R I O U S B A N A N A
P L A N T S .
W H E N R I P T H E Y A R E U S U A L LY
L O N G A N D C U R V E D W I T H A S O F T
I N S I D E C O V E R E D B Y A Y E L L O W
S K I N ( P E E L ) .
B A N A N A S C A N B E F O U N D I N
O T H E R C O L O R S , I N C L U D I N G R E D .
B A N A N A P L A N T S A R E N O T T R E E S ,
T H E Y A R E A T Y P E O F H E R B .
H U M A N S H AV E G R O W N B A N A N A S
F O R T H O U S A N D S O F Y E A R S .
M O S T S P E C I E S O F B A N A N A P L A N T
O R I G I N AT E D I N S O U T H E A S T A S I A .
17. DISEASES IN BANANA
Bunchy top
Panama disease (also see Fusarium wilt )
Black sigatoka (leaf spot)
Banana bract mosaic disease
Banana leaf spot diseases
Banana freckle
Anthracnose
Choke throat
Rhizome soft rot
18. BEST MANAGEMENT IN BANANA
A three-year economic analysis in the banana industry will
investigate the financial and environmental benefits of
embracing best management practice (BMP).
A team of agricultural economists will lead the work, the first of its
kind to evaluate the benefit to growers.
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With more than half of the land area under bananas already
meeting the Queensland Government's BMP guidelines,
growers are well ahead of schedule and set to meet
Government targets for reducing run-off to the Great Barrier
Reef, according to the industry's peak representative body