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Cultivation practices of Apricot( Prunus armeniaca)
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Species and cultivars

  • The family musaceae has two genera viz., Ensete and Musa with about 50 species.
  • The genus Musa is divided into following sections:-

a) Eumusa (2n=22)

b) Callimusa: (2n=10)

c) Australimusa (2n=20)

d) Rhodochlamys (2n=22)

e) Incertae sedis- (x=7; 2n=14)

 

Varieties

a) Local: Dhurse, Fusre, Nangre, Mungre, Malunge/Malbhog.

b) Diploid: Lady’s finger

c) Triploid: Cavendish, Amritsagar

d) Tetraploid: Bodley Altafort

e) Exotic/Improved dwarf type: Dwarf Cavendish/Barsai Dwarf (AAA), Robusta/Harichhal (AAA), Chinia Champa/Poovan(AAB), William Hybrid (AAA).

f) Desert bananas: Malbhog, Harichhal, Robusta, Poovan, Basrai dwarf, Gros Michel etc.

g) culinary or cooking bananas:

i) Varieties suitable for vegetables- Monthan, Charinagre and Dhurse

ii) Varieties for making chips- Nendran

iii) Varieties for making powder- eg. Kunnan 

h) Popular varieties in Nepal- Malbhog, William hybrid, Basrai dwarf, Harichhal, Chinia Champa, Robusta, Chari nagre and Dhurse