This 265-page book gathers together 16 scientific articles presented during a meeting held in Costa Rica in July 1998 focusing on the production of environmentally sustainable and economically profitable banana and plantain. Participants from ten different countries provided information on the va...
Rosales, F.E.
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Tripon, S.C.
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Cerna, J.
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International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[Organic/environmentally friendly banana production: Proceedings of a workshop held at EARTH, Guacimo, Costa Rica, 27 - 29 July 1998]
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Organic/environmentally friendly banana production: Proceedings of a workshop held at EARTH, Guacimo, Costa Rica, 27 - 29 July 1998
Diversification has never been so important, as it is now for small-scale farmers competing in a free market economy. Countries of the Caribbean have recognised the niche in the market for organic bananas, the Dominican Republic currently being the largest exporter of organic bananas. This meetin...
Holderness, M.
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Sharrock, S.
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Frison, Emile A.
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Kairo, M.K.
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International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[Organic banana 2000: towards an organic banana initiative in the Caribbean: Report of the international workshop on the production and marketing of organic bananas by smallholders. 31 October - 4 November 1999, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic]
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Organic banana 2000: towards an organic banana initiative in the Caribbean: Report of the international workshop on the production and marketing of organic bananas by smallholders. 31 October - 4 November 1999, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
For the International Musa Testing Programme (IMTP) Phase II, germplasm was evaluated for resistance to black Sigatoka (M. fijiensis), yellow Sigatoka (M. musicola) and Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense). The majority of IMTP Phase II trials were planted during 1996 and 1997. The f...
Orjeda, G.
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International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[Evaluating bananas: A global partnership: results of IMTP phase II]
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Evaluating bananas: A global partnership: results of IMTP phase II
This publication results from a collaboration between FHIA, Honduras and INIBAP and provides information on the tremendous work carried out by Paul Allen during the 1950's and 60's to build and characterise the Musa collection of the United Fruit Co. (now FHIA's collection). The book contains dat...
Rosales, F.
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Arnaud, Elizabeth
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Coto, J.
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International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[A tribute to the work of Paul Allen: A catalogue of wild and cultivated bananas]
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A tribute to the work of Paul Allen: A catalogue of wild and cultivated bananas
There are more than a thousand varieties of banana, the tallest herb in the world. This document traces the history of the nutritious fruit which is one of the most important food crops in the world. The dessert banana industry is described. The crop management cycle is presented from planting to...
The up-to-date versions of the INIBAP databases, MUSALIT - containing abstracts and bibliographic records of publications on Musa, and BRIS - the database of banana researchers are available. As are all of the recent publications, including Strategy for the global Musa, new factsheets and publica...
International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[Infomusa: The international magazine on banana and plantain: Vol. 14(2)]
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Infomusa: The international magazine on banana and plantain: Vol. 14(2)
International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[Infomusa: The international magazine on banana and plantain: Vol. 11(1)]
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Infomusa: The international magazine on banana and plantain: Vol. 11(1)
The up-to-date versions of the INIBAP databases, MUSALIT - containing abstracts and bibliographic records of publications on Musa, and BRIS - the database of banana researchers are available. As are all of the recent publications, including the popular Banana brochure, new factsheets and publicat...
The 7th edition of the MusaDoc CD-Rom. Updated versions of the INIBAP databases, MusaLIT - containing over 8526 bibliographic records and abstracts on Musa, BRIS - the database of banana researchers (almost 900 records) are available and a banana thesaurus including 3653 terms. All recent publica...