Status and Constraints of Musa Spp. Production in a Sub-Humid Zone of Nigeria

Baiyeri, K. P.; Ajayi, AR

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2000.540.8

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“…India is the largest producer of banana in the world. A common limiting factor to large-scale production of bananas and plantains and or expansion of existing plantation is the difficulty in obtaining planting material [4], due to its poor suckering ability [5][6][7]. In recent years, the demand for disease free planting material has given tissue culture tremendous scope.…”

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Study on Macro-propagation of Banana cv. Nanjangud Rasabale (AAB) Using Growth Media

Vedashri

Rao²,

Mangala³

2023

IJECC

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Banana is a major food crop globally grown and consumed in more than 100 countries throughout the tropics and subtropics. Banana (Musa paradisiaca.) is the world’s fourth most important food crop after rice, wheat and maize. Banana is usually propagated vegetatively, since sexual reproduction is difficult due to its vegetative parthenocarpic nature. Traditionally, it is been propagated using suckers, as these are easy to obtain. But the factors limiting the adoption of this method are the lower regeneration capacity of sucker, lack of year round availability of mother sucker, fear of transmission of pests and diseases to the succeeding generation. To overcome these issues and to enable the production of a feasible amount of planting material, macro-propagation technology came into existence. Macro-propagation through the use of growth media has accounted lower cost and higher net returns, on an average cost of production of a single plantlet was only Rs. 6.58/-. From the present study, it is inferred that, a feasible amount of healthy and quality planting materials can be produced with minimum expenditure, harnessing good profitability within shorter time span.

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Study on Macro-propagation of Banana cv. Nanjangud Rasabale (AAB) Using Growth Media

Vedashri

Rao²,

Mangala³

2023

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“…Moreover, a common limiting factor to large-scale production of bananas and plantains and or expansion of existing plantation is the difficulty in obtaining planting material (Baiyeri and Ajayi, 2000), due to poor suckering ability (Robinson, 1996). It is difficult to obtain a sufficient number of suckers in banana plantation because of the low natural rate suckering of plants and the poor quality of suckers which are often parasitized by nematodes and weevils.…”

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Effects of Substrates, Weight and Physiological Stage of Suckers on Massive Propagation of Plantain (Musa Paradisiaca L.)

Koné

André

Zana

et al. 2016

Int. J. Res. Granthaalayah

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Plantain (Musa paradisiaca) serves as a major staple food. However, its production is seasonal and this situation led to a shortage of more than five months (June to October). The extension of cultivable areas and the use of high yielding improved varieties are severely limited by the low availability of planting materials free of diseases and parasites. The purpose of this study is to establish optimal conditions for the mass production of clean planting materials. Freshly harvested suckers from plantain namely ‘‘Corne 1’’, ‘‘Orishele’’, ‘‘French 2’’ and ‘‘Red Ebanga’’ and suckers dried and stored for one month were trimmed and peeled so as to have four weight ranges. The prepared suckers were planted in propagator filled with different substrates. The results revealed that whatever the culture substrate used, the shortest time to induce shoots and the higher number of shoots were observed with dehydrated and non-dehydrated suckers larger than 750g. Non-dehydrated Suckers with this weight expressed the longer lifetime (124-140 days). Among the substrates tested, shoots induction was faster with non-dehydrated suckers on fiber coco (12 days) and with dehydrated suckers on mix sawdust (15 days).

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“…In this technique, banana corms are planted in a sterile sawdust initiation media either without or with treatment of benzlyamimopurine (Baiyeri and Aba, 2004). This technique has shown better results when corms from flowered banana plants and maiden suckers are used (Baiyeri and Ajayi, 2000;Kwa, 2003). The inability of axillary buds from small banana suckers to sprout under in vivo macropropagation is associated with the high apical dominance caused by high auxin levels (Arinaitwe et al, 2000).…”

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Effect of thidiazuron on <i>in vivo</i> shoot proliferation of popular banana (<i>Musa</i> spp. L) cultivars in Tanzania

Msogoya¹,

Mwakisitu²

2014

J. App. Bioscience.

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Objective: Thidiazuron (TDZ) is a diphenyl urea-based cytokinin, which is non-degradable and persistent in plant tissues. The effect of these TDZ properties on in vivo banana proliferation when deshealthed corms are temporarily dipped in such growth regulator is unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of temporary treatments with TDZ of deshealthed banana corms on in vivo sucker multiplication. Methodology and Results: The study was comprised of a split plot experiment in a randomized complete design with three replications each replication with 10 corms. The main plot factor was banana cultivars (Mtwike, Mzuzu and Bukoba) while the sub-plot factor was TDZ concentrations (0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 mg/l). Moistened sawdust was steam-sterilized for 45 minutes and then filled for cooling in wooden propagators. Banana suckers were cleaned to remove roots and surface-sterilized for 15 seconds. The sterilized corms were deshealthed to expose axillary buds and decorticated to suppress the apical meristems. These corns were each dipped in TDZ at 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 mg/l for 12 hours and then planted into the sterilized sawdust media in the propagators. Results showed that the number of shoots per corm significantly (P < 0.05) increased as TDZ concentration increased from 0.0 to 2.0 mg/l but decreased as TDZ increased to 3.0 mg/l. The number of leaves per sucker significantly (P < 0.05) decreased as TDZ concentration increased from 0.0 to 3.0 mg/l. Conversely, corms treated with TDZ at 2.0 mg/l produced suckers with the largest number of leaves of 4.9 per sucker followed by corms treated with TDZ at 1.0, 3.0 and 0.5 mg/l with 4.5, 4.3 and 3.3 leaves per sucker, respectively. Banana cultivars had a significant (P < 0.05) effect on the number of shoots per corm where banana cv. Bukoba produced the largest number of shoots of 6.4 per corm while banana cv. Mtwike and Mzuzu produced 2.3 and 2.9 shoots per corm, respectively. Conclusion and Application: The findings from this study provide evidence that in vivo shoot multiplication rates and sucker growth of banana cv. Mzuzu, Bukoba and Mtwike can be increased by dipping for 12 hours deshealthed corms in TDZ solution at 2.0 mg/l. The low in vivo multiplication rates of banana cv. Mtwike and Mzuzu underscore the need for further studies to determine alternative best cytokine-based growth regulators.

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Status and Constraints of Musa Spp. Production in a Sub-Humid Zone of Nigeria

Cited by 7 publications

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Study on Macro-propagation of Banana cv. Nanjangud Rasabale (AAB) Using Growth Media

Study on Macro-propagation of Banana cv. Nanjangud Rasabale (AAB) Using Growth Media

Effects of Substrates, Weight and Physiological Stage of Suckers on Massive Propagation of Plantain (Musa Paradisiaca L.)

Effect of thidiazuron on <i>in vivo</i> shoot proliferation of popular banana (<i>Musa</i> spp. L) cultivars in Tanzania

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