Banana

Bananas are elongated edible fruits produced by plants in the genus Musa. Most cultivated bananas develop without fertilization and are propagated vegetatively.

Musa: Musa is a genus of flowering plants that includes bananas and plantains. Bananas are fruits of Musa species, whose varieties differ in use and ancestry.
Banana cultivation: Banana cultivation is the growing and management of Musa plants for fruit or other products. Commercial bananas depend on planting, care, and harvesting practices suited to tropical crops.
Panama disease: Panama disease is a destructive banana wilt caused by the soil-borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense. The disease devastated the Gros Michel export banana and threatens susceptible cultivars.
Domestication of the banana: Banana domestication is the long process by which people selected and cultivated edible Musa plants from wild ancestors. Selection favored large, seedless fruits and plants that could be propagated from shoots.
Tropical Race 4: Tropical Race 4 is a strain of Panama disease fungus that infects Cavendish bananas and other cultivars. Its spread threatens the cultivar that dominates international banana exports.
Berry: A berry is a fleshy fruit that develops from one flower ovary and usually contains seeds within its pulp. Botanically, bananas are berries despite not matching the everyday meaning of the word.
Cavendish banana: The Cavendish banana is a group of closely related cultivars that dominates international dessert-banana trade. Its uniform fruit and transport tolerance made it the leading exported banana.
Black Sigatoka: Black Sigatoka is a fungal leaf disease that reduces banana photosynthesis and fruit yields. Its control requires intensive crop management in many banana-growing regions.
Musa acuminata: Musa acuminata is a wild banana species and a major ancestor of many cultivated bananas. Its contributions underlie many sweet, seedless dessert-banana cultivars.
Banana breeding: Banana breeding is the development of improved Musa cultivars through crossing, selection, or biotechnology. Breeders seek disease resistance while retaining the fruit qualities and yields growers need.

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