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Summary Of: Banana
Banana plants are of the... The banana fruit grow in hanging clusters... The banana plant is a pseudostem that grows to 6 to 7... The banana plant is the largest of all herbaceous plants... Banana hearts are used as a vegetable in... are used for cooking various dishes such as banana pudding and are the staple... Banana sap is extremely sticky and can be used as a practical adhesive... the main export banana are related to transport and shelf life rather than taste... and the banana peel can be allowed to reach a yellow... Banana fritters can be served with ice... food is traditionally served on banana leaves in homes and some restaurants also follow the practice... Some farmers prefer to grow banana plants only for their leaves... extract juice from bananas because when compressed a banana simply turns to pulp... is mixed with mashed banana fruit and used for the same purpose... One green cooking banana has about the same... The four leading banana exporting countries were... Most banana farmers receive a low unit price for their produce as supermarkets buy enormous quantities and... Banana plantations are capital intensive and demand high expertise... The banana has an extensive trade history beginning with the founding of the... Banana output in 2005... Banana output in 2005... Banana output in 2005... to Caribbean producers is expected to favour the banana producers of Central America... Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea suggests that banana cultivation there goes back to at least 5000... The banana may have been present in isolated locations of the Middle East on the eve of... By the tenth century the banana appears in texts from... as yet unresolved debate about the antiquity of banana cultivation in Africa... The earliest evidence of banana cultivation in Africa before these recent discoveries dates to no earlier than late 6th century... The banana is mentioned for the first time in written history in Buddhist texts in 600 BCE... Alexander the Great discovered the taste of the banana in the valleys of India in 327 BCE... The existence of an organized banana plantation could be found in China in 200... The word banana is of West African origin... Portuguese colonists started banana plantations in the Atlantic Islands... which created immense banana plantation especially in Central and South America... The life of a banana plantation is 25 years or longer... List of banana and plantain diseases... List of banana and plantain diseases... Banana bunches are sometimes encased in plastic bags for protection... Banana bunches are sometimes encased in plastic bags for protection... Banana bunches are sometimes encased in plastic bags for protection... and blame the decline of the banana on monogenetic cultivation driven by short... Prior to 1960 almost all commercial banana production centered on the cultivar... has spread to banana plantations throughout the tropics due to infected banana leaves being used as packing material... Several resistant cultivars of banana have been developed... Banana Bunchy Top Virus... a banana plant infected with the virus will not set fruit... s domestic banana crop in 2006... the banana was a highly sustainable crop with a long plantation life and stable yields year round... banana production in eastern Africa has fallen by over 40... new cultivars taste different from the traditionally grown banana which has slowed their acceptance by local farmers... banana plants that are resistant to both Black Sigatoka and banana weevils... The banana plant has long been a source of fibre for high quality textiles... the cultivation of banana for clothing and household use dates back to at least the 13th century... These banana shoots produce fibres of varying degrees of softness... the trunk of the banana plant is harvested instead... These banana fibre rugs are woven by the traditional Nepalese hand... Banana fibre is also used in the production of banana paper... Banana paper is used in two different senses... This report is to encourage banana growers in even poor countries to try out the technology themselves... The depiction of a person slipping on a banana peel has been a staple of... which features a banana on the front cover... this banana to find a pink... Certain banana cultivars turn red or purplish instead of yellow as they ripen... Banana production in Iceland... Banana production in Iceland... Banana plant with five hearts is instant hit in Negros Occ... Tracing antiquity of banana cultivation in Papua New Guinea... Banana details by IITA... Encyclodia Page On: Banana
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