The origins and dispersal throughout the Pacific islands of fehi bananas (Musa series Australimusa)
2022; Polynesian Society; Volume: 131; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.15286/jps.131.3.289-335
ISSN2230-5955
AutoresLex A.J. Thomson, Jean‐François Butaud, Jeff Daniells, Paul Geraghty, Adriana Hiariej, Valérie Kagy, Jean Kennedy, Angela Kay Kepler, D. J. Mabberley, G. Sachter-Smith, Julie Sardos, William H. Wilson, Maurice Wong,
Tópico(s)Cassava research and cyanide
ResumoFehi bananas are a Pacific Islands and eastern Indonesian assemblage of parthenocarpic diploid and triploid cultivars in Musa series Australimusa. Fehi cultivars were derived principally from M. maclayi, M. lolodensis and M. bukensiss.l. and related entities. Eleven Fehi cultivar groups comprising morphologically similar cultivars are described, along with naturalised forms from eastern Polynesia. Fehi cultivars have been referred to particular species such as M. troglodytarum and M.fehi, but further genetic research is needed to ascertain how human-selected cultivars are interrelated and derived from any particular species.
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