where are the seeds located in a banana
Panama disease


normal haploid pollen from a diploid banana variety; a whole stem of bananas would contain only a few seeds and sometimes none. As a result, the resulting new banana variety is tetraploid, and thus contains seeds; the market for bananas is not accustomed to bananas with seeds. Experience showed that where both meiosis steps failed, causing a heptaploid seedling, or when the seedling is aneuploid, results are not as good. Second-generation breeding using those new tetraploids as both parents has tended not to yield good results, because
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Monoculture


bananas consumed in the United States because of their taste, small seeds, and efficiency to produce. Their small seeds, while more appealing than the large ones in other Asian cultivars, were not suitable for planting. This meant that all new banana plants had to be grown from the cut suckers of another plant. As a result of this asexual form of planting, all bananas grown had identical genetic makeups which gave them no traits for resistance to "Fusarium wilt", a fungal disease that spread quickly throughout the Caribbean where
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Blood banana


very slender. They bear small, slender fruits filled with grape-like seeds. Blood bananas are native to Java, Indonesia. They are notable for being one of the earliest banana subspecies to be spread by humans out of Southeast Asia. Introduced eastward to Africa, they became the ancestors for the genetically distinct and commercially important East African Highland bananas (Mutika/Lujugira subgroup of the AAA group). It is probably the only seeded banana to ever be introduced into Hawaii before European contact. It is known as the in
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Banana


acre range. In many cases the farmer earns additional money from other crops, from engaging in labor outside the farm, and from a share of the earnings of relatives living overseas. Banana crops are vulnerable to destruction by high winds, such as tropical storms or cyclones. All widely cultivated bananas today descend from the two wild bananas "Musa acuminata" and "Musa balbisiana". While the original wild bananas contained large seeds, diploid or polyploid cultivars (some being hybrids) with tiny seeds are preferred for human raw fruit
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Musa acuminata


15 to 62 seeds. Each fruit bunch can have an average of 161.76 ± 60.62 fingers with each finger around by in size. The seeds of wild "Musa acuminata" are around in diameter. They are subglobose or angular in shape and very hard. The tiny embryo is located at the end of the micropyle. Each seed of "Musa acuminata" typically produces around four times its size in edible starchy pulp (the parenchyma, the portion of the bananas eaten), around . Wild "Musa acuminata" is diploid
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Blood banana


", "M. acuminata" subsp. "acuminata". The blood banana is also known as the red banana tree, though it should not be confused with the red banana cultivar. Other common names in English include seeded red banana, Sumatra ornamental banana, and maroon-variegated banana plant. They are also known as in Spanish, () in Japanese, () in Thai, and in Vietnamese. Blood bananas are characterized by dark red patches of variable sizes on their dark green leaves. Their pseudostems are characteristically
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Lady Finger banana


Lady Finger bananas (also known as Sugar bananas, Sucrier, Niños, Bocadillos, Fig bananas, or Date bananas) are diploid cultivars of "Musa acuminata". Their fruits are small, thin-skinned, and very sweet. The Lady Finger banana is a diploid (AA) cultivar of the seeded banana "Musa acuminata". They were once placed under the Sucrier group in the old system of classification. Its official designation is "Musa" (AA) 'Lady Finger'. Synonyms include: It is
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Señorita banana


Señorita bananas (also known as Monkoy, Cariñosa, or Cuarenta Dias) are diploid cultivars of the banana "Musa acuminata" originating from the Philippines. They are very small stout bananas which, like all bananas belonging to the AA cultivar group, are known for being extraordinarily sweet. Señorita bananas are diploid (AA) cultivars of the wild seeded banana "Musa acuminata". Its accepted name is "Musa acuminata" (AA Group) 'Señorita'. In the Philippines it is known as 'Monkoy', '
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Blue Java banana


The Blue Java (also known as blue bananas, Ice Cream banana, Hawaiian banana, Ney Mannan, Krie, or Cenizo) is a hardy, cold tolerant banana cultivar known for its sweet aromatic fruit, which is said to have an ice cream like consistency and flavor reminiscent of vanilla. The Blue Java banana is a triploid (ABB) hybrid of the seeded banana "Musa balbisiana" and "Musa acuminata". Its accepted name is "Musa acuminata" × "balbisiana" (ABB Group) 'Blue Java
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Sun-dried banana


Sun-dried bananas are a type of food made by peeling bananas and drying them in sunlight. They are popular in Thailand, where they are known as "kluay-tak" in Thai, from "klauy-tak-hang" for "sun-dried banana". In the Bang Kra Tum district, Phitsanulok province, "kluay-tak" is a popular dessert made with the local banana variety "Mali-Ong", which is sweeter and softer than bananas from other geographic locations. The resulting "
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Fe'i banana


They have been important both as a staple and as a ceremonial food, although their cultivation and use has sharply declined in recent decades. As the Pacific Islanders spread by canoe throughout the Pacific, they took Fe'i bananas with them; cultivation has been traced back to around 250 BC in the Marquesas and to around 800 AD in Tahiti in the Society Islands. They are believed to have originated in the New Guinea area, where cultivars with seeds occur, as do the wild species from which they are thought to be descended.
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Rhino Horn bananas


Rhino Horn bananas, also called Rhino Horn plantains or African Rhino Horn, are hybrid banana cultivars from Africa. It produces strongly curved and elongated edible bananas which can grow to a length of two feet, the longest fruits among banana cultivars. The Rhino Horn banana is a triploid (AAB Group, commonly known as Horn plantains) hybrid of the seeded banana "Musa balbisiana" and "Musa acuminata". Its official designation is "Musa acuminata" × "balbisiana" (AAB Group) 'African Rhino Horn'.
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Saba banana


180 days after blooming, especially if they are to be transported over long distances. The saba banana is a triploid (ABB) hybrid of the seeded bananas "Musa balbisiana" and "Musa acuminata". Its official designation is "Musa acuminata" × "balbisiana" (ABB Group) 'Saba'. Synonyms include: 'Saba' is known in English as saba, cardaba, sweet plantain, compact banana, and papaya banana. Saba is also known by other common names such as "saba", "
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List of banana cultivars


The following is a list of banana cultivars and the groups into which they are classified. Almost all modern cultivated varieties (cultivars) of edible bananas and plantains are hybrids and polyploids of two wild, seeded banana species, "Musa acuminata" and "Musa balbisiana". Cultivated bananas are almost always seedless (parthenocarpic) and hence sterile, so they are propagated vegetatively (cloned). They are classified into groups according to a genome-based system introduced by Ernest Cheesman, Norman Simmonds, and Ken Shepherd, which indicates
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Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense


Fusarium oxysporum" f.sp. "cubense is a fungal plant pathogen that causes Panama disease of banana ("Musa" spp.), also known as fusarium wilt of banana. Although fruit of the wild bananas ("Musa" spp.) have large, hard seeds, most edible bananas are seedless. Banana plants are therefore propagated asexually from offshoots. Because these rhizomes are usually free of symptoms even when the plant is infected by "F. oxysporum "f. sp." cubense", they are a common means by
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Blood banana


The blood banana ("Musa acuminata" var. "zebrina"), is a variety of the wild banana "Musa acuminata" native to Sumatra, Indonesia. The blood banana is an ornamental plant, named for the dark red patches on its leaves, though its small-seeded fruits are also edible. It grows 6' to 8' tall in the wild, but is well-adapted to container growing and can be maintained at 3' to 5'. It grows best in full or partial sun and
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Abacá


from long. They are composed primarily of cellulose, lignin, and pectin. The fruit, which is inedible and is rarely seen as harvesting occurs before the plant fruits, grows to about in length and in diameter. It has black turbinate seeds that are in diameter. The abacá plant belongs to the banana family, Musaceae; it resembles the closely related wild seeded bananas, "Musa acuminata" and "Musa balbisiana". Its scientific name is "Musa textilis". Within the genus "Musa", it is
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Latundan banana


tipped with thin yellow skin that splits once fully ripe. They are smaller than the Lacatan cultivar and the commercially dominant Cavendish bananas. They have a slightly acidic, apple-like flavor. In older classifications, the Latundan cultivar was once the plant referred to as "Musa sapientum". It has since been discovered that "Musa sapientum" is actually a hybrid cultivar of the wild seeded bananas "Musa balbisiana" and "Musa acuminata" and not a species. The Latundan banana is a triploid (AAB) hybrid.
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30,000 Pounds of Bananas


truck driver, Eugene P. Sesky, was on his way to deliver a load of bananas to Scranton, Pennsylvania. Sesky, an employee of Fred Carpentier—operator of a small truck line in Scranton—was returning from the boat piers at Weehawken, New Jersey, where he had picked up his load. The load was destined for the locations in the "wholesale block" on the western edge of Lackawanna Avenue in Scranton—either the local A&P Warehouse or to Halem Hazzouri Bananas, the premier banana seller in the area
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Savannah Bananas


at Grayson Stadium in their first season and are currently on a 60-game sell out streak, dating back to 2016. Their innovative marketing includes the use of videos including "Bananas are Back," "Tytanic," and "Dancing with Darius." The 2016 Bananas ended their inaugural season as the 1st seed in the CPL West Division, earning home-field advantage for the first two games of the playoffs. In game one, the Bananas beat the Asheboro Copperheads 3-2 with the first walk-off in franchise
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Parthenocarpy


fruit with hard seeds such as banana, pineapple, orange and grapefruit. Parthenocarpy is also desirable in fruit crops that may be difficult to pollinate or fertilize, such as fig, tomato and summer squash. In dioecious species, such as persimmon, parthenocarpy increases fruit production because staminate trees do not need to be planted to provide pollen. Parthenocarpy is undesirable in nut crops, such as pistachio, for which the seed is the edible part. Horticulturists have selected and propagated parthenocarpic cultivars of many plants, including banana, fig,
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Cucumis metuliferus


stage of ripening, but when overripened, will burst forcefully to release seeds. The fruit's taste has been compared to a combination of banana and passionfruit or a combination of banana, cucumber and lime. A small amount of salt or sugar can increase the flavor. Some also eat the peel, which is very rich in vitamin C and dietary fiber. Seeding optimum germination temperatures are between 20° and 35 °C (68° to 95 °F). Germination is delayed at 12 °C (54 °F
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Musa acuminata


more likely to survive than seedlings germinated from seeds. In 1955, Norman Simmonds and Ken Shepherd revised the classification of modern edible bananas based on their genetic origins. Their classification depends on how many of the characteristics of the two ancestral species ("Musa acuminata" and "Musa balbisiana") are exhibited by the cultivars. Most banana cultivars which exhibit purely or mostly "Musa acuminata" genomes are dessert bananas, while hybrids of "M. acuminata" and "M. balbisiana" are mostly cooking bananas or plantains. "Musa
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Banana pepper


should be treated the same as most other plants in the pepper family. Plants can be grown from seed and cuttings. A mature plant will reach 1 to 2 feet tall and can be grown in many climates, but prefer warmer climates. Cultivars include Early Sweet Banana, Hungarian Yellow Wax, Long Sweet Yellow, Sweet Banana, and Sweet Hungarian. Raw banana peppers contain 92% water, 5% carbohydrates, and negligible fat and protein (table). They are rich sources of vitamin C, containing 100% of
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Lawrence Ogilvie


Bermuda government's first plant pathologist and entomologist. He developed agricultural laws for Bermuda; initiated seed testing; registered local seedsmen; organised the improvement of seed potatoes; established plant quarantine; studied the diseases of celery and other vegetables, maize, vines, avocados, bananas and citrus fruits; and investigated the banana losses from the Mediterranean Fruit Fly. As the Bermuda delegate at the Kingston, Jamaica 8th West Indian Agricultural Conference in March 1924, he initiated West Indian plant inspections, nursery-stock export certificates, and the inspection
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Banana


Musa" cultivars are usually seedless, and options for their long-term conservation are constrained by the vegetative nature of the plant's reproductive system. Consequently, they are conserved by three main methods: "in vivo" (planted in field collections), "in vitro" (as plantlets in test tubes within a controlled environment), and by cryopreservation (meristems conserved in liquid nitrogen at -196 °C). Genes from wild banana species are conserved as DNA and as cryopreserved pollen and banana seeds from wild species are
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Musa velutina


Musa velutina, the hairy banana or pink banana, is a species of seeded banana. These plants are originally from Assam and the eastern Himalayas. They are also cultivated in greenhouses and places like Australia. Its fruits are long, pink, and fuzzy. They are borne on erect flower stalks with a pink inflorescence. "Musa velutina" flowers at a young age, doing so within a year. The fruits peel back when ripe. It is often grown as an ornamental plant, but has soft, sweet flesh that
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List of banana cultivars


and that Linnaeus' two "species" were both this hybrid, which is now called "M." × "paradisiaca". Unlike the wild species, which have seeds, cultivated bananas are almost always seedless (parthenocarpic) and hence sterile, so they have to be propagated vegetatively. In 1955, researchers Norman Simmonds and Ken Shepherd proposed abandoning traditional Latin-based botanical names for cultivated bananas. This approach foreshadowed the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants which, in addition to using Latin names based on the International Code
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Banana


deforming the unopened fruit. In cultivated varieties, the seeds are diminished nearly to non-existence; their remnants are tiny black specks in the interior of the fruit. As with all potassium-containing objects on Earth, including many common foods and people, bananas emit radioactivity at very low levels occurring naturally from potassium-40 (K or K-40), which is one of several isotopes of potassium. The banana equivalent dose of radiation was developed in 1995 as a simple teaching-tool to educate the public about the natural, small
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Fusarium wilt


transmitted through the soil and through vascular wounds in plant material. "Fusarium oxysporum" f. sp. "canariensis" causes wilt of Canary Island date palm and other propagated palms. The disease is spread through contaminated seed, soil and pruning tools. "F. oxysporum" f. sp. "cubense" causes Panama disease on banana. It is found everywhere bananas are grown in Africa, Asia, Central and South America. It attacks banana plants of all ages and spreads mainly through the soil. It causes wilting and yellowing of
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Panama disease


pathogenic fungi of this species complex are divided into approximately 150 special forms (formae specialis, f.sp.). "Fusarium oxysprorum" f.sp. "cubense" mainly infects banana ("Musa") species. The special form "cubense" has been subdivided into four different races, that each attack a different group of banana genotypes. Modern commercially farmed banana plants are reproduced asexually, by replanting the plant's basal shoot that grows after the original plant has been cut down. Being triploid, the fruit contains no seeds,
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Musa balbisiana


Musa balbisiana is a wild-type species of banana native to eastern South Asia, northern Southeast Asia, and southern China. It is one of the ancestors of modern cultivated bananas, along with "Musa acuminata". It was first scientifically described in 1820 by the Italian botanist Luigi Aloysius Colla. It grows lush leaves in clumps with a more upright habit than most cultivated bananas. Flowers grow in inflorescences coloured red to maroon. The fruit are between blue and green. They are considered inedible because of the seeds they contain
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Millennium Seed Bank Partnership


billionth seed, the "Oxytenanthera abyssinica", a type of African bamboo. In October 2009, it reached its 10% goal of banking all the world's wild plant species by adding "Musa itinerans", a wild banana, to its seed vault. As estimates for the number of seed bearing plant species have increased, 34,088 wild plant species and 1,980,405,036 seeds in storage as of June 2015 represent over 13% of the world's wild plant species. The main aims of the project are to: Partnerships exist in
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Pycnanthus angolensis


paper pulp. The wood can be vulnerable to termites, powderpost beetles, and other pests. The yellowish or reddish fat from the aromatic seed is called "kombo butter" or "Angola tallow". A seed can be up to 70% fat. It is used as a fuel for lighting and is made into soap. Seed remnants are used in compost. When ignited, the oily seed burns slowly and can be used as a candle. In Uganda the tree is grown in banana, coffee, and cocoa plantations
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Banana production in the United States


cultivars have been located in a number of areas, reaching as far north as the southern Midwest and Ohio river, where wild banana trees can be found along the banks of the Ohio at far southern Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri, just north of Kentucky. This region equates roughly with the northernmost terminus of the subtropical crop-growing region of the US, which ends at about Cincinnati, Ohio, and further east in cities and locations such as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New York City and Long Island in New York,
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Satellite Beach, Florida


The Atlantic Ocean forms its eastern border; the Indian River the western border. It is located on the local barrier island directly south of Patrick Air Force Base. It is part of the South Beaches. With both ocean and river frontage, the city is the largest beachside community in South Brevard County. There are of shoreline in the City, including of Atlantic Ocean beach, of Banana River shoreline, and of shoreline fronting navigable canals connected to the Banana River. Satellite Beach is located in the region where tropical and temperate
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Canna indica


, quimbolitos), similar to banana leaves or maize leaves. In some areas, the leaves are fed to livestock. The round seeds are pierced in some areas and used as pearls. They are also used as a filling of rattles. From the Indians, the seeds were previously used as gold weights, similar to the seeds of Ceratonia siliqua (carob), as they have a constant weight. The "C. indica" (achira) rhizomes are large, up to in length, and edible. They can be
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Filipino cuisine


They have a firm outer covering and contain a very acid pulp and several seeds. Chilled drinks are popular due to the tropical climate. Stands selling cold fruit drinks and fruit shakes are common in many of the city areas, where some are based on green mandarin orange ("dalandan" or "dalanghita"), pomelo ("suha"), pineapple ("pinya"), banana ("saging"), and soursop ("guyabano"). The shakes usually contain crushed ice, evaporated or condensed
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Bromelia pinguin


Bromelia pinguin is a plant species in the genus "Bromelia". This species is native to Central America, Mexico, the West Indies and northern South America. It is also reportedly naturalized in Florida. It is very common in Jamaica, where it is planted as a fence around pasture lands, on account of its prickly leaves. The fruit, known as piñuela, is dug out, protective "hair" removed, peeled like a banana, and eaten. They are slightly tart with a crunch from the seeds.
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Ensete ventricosum


of a plant common in the marshes around Gondar in Abyssinia, confidently pronounced it to be "no species of Musa" and wrote that its local name was "ensete". In 1853 the British Consul at Mussowah sent some seeds to Kew Gardens, mentioning that their native name was "ansett". Kew, quite understandably, did not make the connection, especially as they had never before seen such seeds. However, when the seeds had germinated and the plants had rapidly gained size, their relationship to the true banana
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Seedless fruit


, and thus the capacity to propagate via the fruit, the plants are generally propagated vegetatively from cuttings, by grafting, or in the case of bananas, from "pups" (offsets). In such cases, the resulting plants are genetically identical clones. By contrast, seedless watermelons are grown from seeds. These seeds are produced by crossing diploid and tetraploid lines of watermelon, with the resulting seeds producing sterile triploid plants. Fruit development is triggered by pollination, so these plants must be grown alongside a diploid strain to
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Pangium edule


it is not economically feasible to cultivate. Although poisonous to humans, the seeds of the tree form part of the natural diet of the babirusa ("Babyroussa babyrussa"). The fresh fruit and seeds contain hydrogen cyanide and are deadly poisonous if consumed without prior preparation. The seeds are first boiled and then buried in ash, banana leaves and earth for forty days, during which time, they turn from a creamy white colour to dark brown or black. The method relies on the fact that the hydrogen cyanide released by
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Musa acuminata


with 2"n"=2"x"=22 chromosomes, while cultivated varieties (cultivars) are mostly triploid (2"n"=3"x"=33) and parthenocarpic, producing fruit without seeds. The most familiar dessert banana cultivars belong to the Cavendish subgroup. Cultivars have accomplished this desired plant through natural mutations resulting from vegetative multiplication. The ratio of pulp to seeds increases dramatically in "seedless" edible cultivars: the small and largely sterile seeds are now surrounded by 23 times their size in edible pulp. The seeds themselves are reduced to tiny black specks along the central axis of the fruit.
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Apache


sweetener), bear grass stalks (roasted and peeled), box elder inner bark (used as a sweetener), banana yucca fruit, banana yucca flowers, box elder sap (used as a sweetener), cactus fruits (of various varieties), cattail rootstocks, chokecherries, currants, dropseed grass seeds (used for flatbread), elderberries, gooseberries ("Ribes leptanthum" and "R. pinetorum"), grapes, hackberries, hawthorne fruit, and hops (used as condiment). They also used horsemint (
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Panamanian white-faced capuchin


pavoniana". It generally only eats ripe fruit, testing for ripeness by smelling, tasting and prodding the fruit. It typically eats only the pulp and juice, spitting out the seeds and fibers. Other plant matter eaten includes flowers, young leaves, seeds of certain plants, and bromeliads. It also uses the bromelids as a water source, drinking the water that gets trapped inside. In Carara National Park the capuchins have a varied diet in addition to the above of banana fruits and flowers, heliconia seeds, huevos de
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Western conifer seed bug


spray a bitter, offending smell, though sometimes they can smell pleasantly of apples, bananas or pine sap; however, if handled roughly they will stab with their proboscis, though they are hardly able to cause injury to humans as it is adapted only to suck plant sap and not, as in the assassin bugs, to inject poison. In its native range, the Western Conifer Seed Bug feeds on the sap of developing conifer cones throughout its life, and its sap-sucking causes the developing seeds to wither and misdevelop
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Botany


, may be sufficiently successful to form a new species. Some otherwise sterile plant polyploids can still reproduce vegetatively or by seed apomixis, forming clonal populations of identical individuals. Durum wheat is a fertile tetraploid allopolyploid, while bread wheat is a fertile hexaploid. The commercial banana is an example of a sterile, seedless triploid hybrid. Common dandelion is a triploid that produces viable seeds by apomictic seed. As in other eukaryotes, the inheritance of endosymbiotic organelles like mitochondria and chloroplasts in plants is non-Mendelian. Chloroplasts are inherited through
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Kimandolu


. The Arusha region is hottest from January to February, averaging at 29°C, while the coolest month is July, where the temperature averages at 20°C. Rainfall in the Arusha region is highest in April and lowest in July, ranging from 350mm to 10mm. Located very close to the foothills of Mount Meru, Kimandolu's rainfall provides luscious vegetation, and successful coffee and banana plantations. Banana and coffee exportation, along with a number of hardware shops are key to the economy in Kimandolu. The
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Banana, Florida


Banana is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, Florida, located one mile (1.6 km) south of Melrose on State Road 21. In 1855, Dr. George Washington Alexander McRae bought the grist mill. The grist mill site is located were the Old Orange Springs, Starke Highway crossed Etoniah Creek. Dr. McRae was the Postmaster at Banana, owned a mercantile store, plantation and was the area doctor. He was partial owner of the Etoniah Canal and Drainage Company. Fremont and Zee Tolles donated the remains of the Banana,
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South India


achieved by the blending of flavourings and spices including curry leaves, mustard seeds, coriander, ginger, garlic, chili, pepper, cinnamon, cloves, green cardamom, cumin, nutmeg, coconut and rosewater. The traditional way of eating a meal involves being seated on the floor, having the food served on a banana leaf and using clean fingers of the right hand to take the food into the mouth. After the meal, the fingers are washed; the easily degradable banana leaf is discarded or becomes fodder for cattle.
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Eerwah Vale, Queensland


planted, and later cultivated with grass seeds (rhodes grass and paspalum) to provide pasture for cattle raising. Most of the Hindus had left the area by 1925 though the Laboo Family (Portion 421) stayed until the 1950s. Failure of the Banana plantations in Fiji in the 1920s and 1930s saw the Banana Blocks established in Mineshaft Road (Horton, Parker and Peachey), Anderson’s Road (Plath, Henchey and Nolan), Coleus Road (Lait, Hayworth and Clayton) and Mount Eerwah Road (Wilkins and Jones
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Banana slug


damp areas near creeks, ravines, and gullies. This population may also be a relic from the Pleistocene epoch. Banana slugs are detritivores, or decomposers. They process leaves, animal droppings, moss, and dead plant material, and then recycle them into soil humus. They seem to have a fondness for mushrooms, spread seeds and spores when they eat, and excrete a nitrogen rich fertilizer. By consuming detritus (dead organic matter) slugs contribute to decomposition and the nutrient cycles and are an important aspect of the ecosystem
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Davao City


the island's leading exporter of fruits such as mangoes, pomeloes, bananas, coconut products, pineapples, papayas, mangosteens and cacao. The chocolate industry is the newest development in the city. Malagos Chocolate, developed here by Malagos Agriventures Corp., is now the country's leading artisan chocolate recognized worldwide. On the other hand, Seed Core Enterprises is the country's biggest exporter of cacao to Barry Callebaut. Durian which is locally grown and harvested in the city, is also a notable export, although banana is the largest
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Banana


sapientum" for dessert bananas and "Musa paradisiaca" for plantains. More species names were added, but this approach proved to be inadequate for the number of cultivars in the primary center of diversity of the genus, Southeast Asia. Many of these cultivars were given names that were later discovered to be synonyms. In a series of papers published from 1947 onwards, Ernest Cheesman showed that Linnaeus's "Musa sapientum" and "Musa paradisiaca" were cultivars and descendants of two wild seed-producing species, "Musa acuminata"
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Ghatail Upazila


% are landless, 35% small, 11% marginal and 6% rich. Value of land: The market value of the land of the first grade is Tk 8500 per 0.01 hectare. Main crops: Paddy, jute, mustard seed and potato, pineapple, ginger, turmeric and banana. Extinct and nearly extinct crops: Sesame, linseed, wheat, garlic. Main fruits: Mango, jackfruit, banana, papaya, berry, watermelon and pineapple. Fisheries, dairies, poultry: Livestock welfare center 3, artificial
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Soconusco


working population is dedicated to agriculture and livestock. Coffee, bananas and mangos represent over eighty percent of the areas agricultural production. Thirty seven percent of the area's arable land is dedicated to coffee and another 25% to corn accounting for 62% of all cropland. The rest is mostly dedicated to mangos, cacao and sesame seed. The most exported crops are coffee, mangos, papayas and bananas with over 90% going to the United States. One new tropical fruit being grown in the area is the rambutan (Nephelium
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Banana bunchy top virus


the only host, the alternate hosts for both the virus and the aphid must also be monitored for disease, and sprayed with pesticides to control the aphids more. When planting at the beginning of the season, the seed material or suckers should be obtained from BBTV free areas of the world or from cultures that are grown and developed to be free of the virus. Currently, there is ongoing research into biopriming, or inducing systemic resistance by using bacteria that live inside the host but do not infect. Control of banana bunchy
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Musa maclayi


Musa maclayi is a species of seeded banana native to Papua New Guinea and possibly the Solomon Islands. It is placed in section "Callimusa" (now including the former section "Australimusa"). It is regarded as one of the progenitors of the Fe'i banana cultivars. The plant has red sap and an upright flowering and fruiting stem. The fruits are rounded and arranged closely together in bunches – partly joined along their edges in some varieties. The species was named after the explorer and naturalist Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, who
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Banana, Queensland


Banana is a small town and rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Central Queensland, Australia. In the 2011 census, Banana had a population of 377 people. Banana is located at the intersection of the Dawson and Leichhardt highways, west of the shire's administrative centre, Biloela. The town was named in the early 1860s. The name derives from an old dun-coloured working bullock, called "Banana", used by local stockmen to help them when herding some of the wilder cattle into the yards. At
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Bananas Music


Bananas Music is an American record store that operates two locations in St. Petersburg, Florida. Opened in 1977, Bananas Music unofficially claims to be the largest record store in the United States, housing over 3 million vinyl records. According to the store's official website, Bananas was founded by Doug and Michelle Allen as a book store in 1977 that evolved into a record store in the ensuing years, eventually selling off its book inventory. The 6,500-square-foot warehouse, located at 2226 16th Avenue North, exclusively carries vinyl records
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Tomato


complete genome for the cultivar Heinz 1706 was published on 31 May 2012 in "Nature". Since many other fruits, like strawberries, apples, melons, and bananas share the same characteristics and genes, researchers stated the published genome could help to improve food quality, food security and reduce costs of all of these fruits. The Tomato Genetic Resource Center, Germplasm Resources Information Network, AVRDC, and numerous seed banks around the world store seed representing genetic variations of value to modern agriculture. These seed stocks are available for legitimate
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Passiflora mixta


near the androgynophore. This species is capable of producing fruits and flowers that remain open for 3 to 5 days by producing half-pendant, horizontal, or erect flowers. Status: Wild plant, collected, important genetica resource for banana passion fruit breeding. "Passiflora mixta" seeds take approximately 30–365 days to germinate and even under optimal conditions their growth may be erratic. The seeds should be planted deep in a peaty seed sowing mix at about . new water should be used every day and it is necessary to soak them
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Cucumeropsis mannii


beetle species including the red flour beetle and the cigarette beetle may feed on seeds which are not properly stored in air-tight containers . Cucumeropsis mannii provides ground cover, effectively suppressing weeds. Intercropping with sorghum, cassava, coffee, cotton, maize, or banana crops can reduce weedings during the growing season from 2-3 to just one. This has significant positive effects on the female farmer who spends the majority of her time weeding. Egusi-itoo is primarily grown for the oily seeds it produces. Seeds are commonly
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Frozen banana


Frozen bananas are desserts made by placing a banana upon a stick, freezing it, and usually dipping it in melted chocolate or yogurt. They may be covered with toppings such as chopped nuts, sprinkles, sugar and crushed cookies. Don Phillips, also known as the frozen banana king, opened the first frozen banana stand - The Original Frozen Banana - on Balboa Peninsula, located in Orange County, California, circa 1940. In 1963, Bob Teller, who moved to the area with plans to manufacture car seat belts,
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Banana plantation


A banana plantation is a commercial agricultural facility found in tropical climates where bananas are grown. Banana plants may grow with varying degrees of success in diverse climatic conditions, but commercial banana plantations are primarily found in equatorial regions, in banana exporting countries. The four leading banana export countries worldwide are Ecuador, Costa Rica, Philippines, and Colombia. Ecuador provides more than 33% of global banana exports. In 2004, banana producing countries totaled 130. Production, as well as exports and imports of bananas, are nonetheless concentrated in
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Julia López


seed, bananas and other crops. She has stated that she was blessed to have the childhood that she did, which would not have been possible in a big city. However, she wanted more in life and began her journey by going to Ometepec to work in a hotel called Casa Verde when she was only thirteen years old. In 1951, she moved, this time to Acapulco, where she worked in a hotel kitchen. During this time she did not attend school but rather taught herself to read and do basic
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Francesco Franceschi (horticulturist)


, which became a botanical nursery for their experiments in plant propagation. Eaton planted an enormous variety of both native and non-native trees at Riso Rivo, including live oak, camphor, cinnamon, avocado, Abyssinian banana, candlenut, and many species of citrus and palms. Many kinds of seeds were also grown on the estate in their attempt to determine which were suitable for southern California's Mediterranean climate. The partnership with Eaton ended in 1895 when Franceschi moved the SCAA to Santa Barbara from Riso Rivo, where he ran
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Banana bunchy top virus


Musaceae family, which includes bananas, plantains, abaca, and more. The aphids also feed on "Heliconia" and flowering ginger, which are grown in the same regions as bananas and must be considered in management of the disease. It is best to establish a banana production area where these alternate hosts are not present. Any age plants can be infected by this virus, but some varieties of banana, including the Cavendish, are more susceptible to the virus. In areas where the virus is less common, the disease
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Unni appam


Unni appam, (Malayalam:ഉണ്ണിയപ്പം) also called Karollappam is a small round snack made from rice, jaggery, banana, roasted coconut pieces, roasted sesame seeds, ghee and cardamom powder fried in oil. Variations of this organic and spongy fried batter using jackfruit preserves instead of banana is common from the late 2000s. It is a popular snack in Kerala. In Malayalam, "unni" means small and "appam" means rice cake. Æbleskiver is a similar dish in the Danish cuisine. Pan used to make it is similar
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The Seed Savers' Network


are listed below. Helped in the establishment of the Planting Materials Network and in several projects conserving traditional local varieties of crops such as vegetables, sweet potatoes, taros, bananas and cereals and pulses for chicken feed. Aided the Kastom Gaden Association in the organisation of over 100 varieties of bananas. The collection was made on the island of Makira and was fully described with internationally recognised descriptors. Varieties were restored to farmers. A collection of 843 varieties of taro nationally with Planting Materials Network funded by the EU and Tarogen network (
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Musa acuminata


led to the first 'human-edible' banana diploid clones (modern AA cultivars). Diploid clones are still able to produce viable seeds when pollinated by wild species. This resulted in the development of triploid clones which were conserved for their larger fruit. "M. acuminata" was later introduced into mainland Indochina into the range of another ancestral wild banana species - "Musa balbisiana", a hardier species of lesser genetic diversity than "M. acuminata". Hybridization between the two resulted in drought-resistant edible cultivars. Modern
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Botolan


Boto-an". The word "Boto-an" is a Sambal word which combines the word "botol" which means Seeds and the locative prefix "-an" referring to a place with many seeded bananas. Botolan is politically subdivided into 31 barangays. In the , the population of Botolan was people, with a density of . The barangay of Binoclutan is the "Beach Capital" of Botolan, featuring several first class resorts. The area is a habitat of sea turtles, as is all of the Zambales coastline
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Savannah Bananas


history. The Bananas then defeated the Forest City Owls 2-0 to win the CPL West Division championship and advance to the Petitt Cup Championship. Game one of the championship was played at Grayson Stadium, where the Bananas defeated the Peninsula Pilots 8-4. The team traveled to Hampton, Virginia where the Pilots' 4-3 win in game two forced an all-or-nothing game three. The Bananas took home the Petitt Cup after a 9-7 win in game three. The Bananas continued to generate
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Banana roll


Banana roll or banana cake is a common Chinese pastry found in Hong Kong, and may occasionally be found in some overseas Chinatowns. The pastry is soft and made with glutinous rice. Ingredients may vary depending on location. Each roll or cake is a banana oil flavored circular tube or flat object, slightly bigger than an adult sized index finger, thus resembling banana. Sometimes it may have a cinnamon swirl filling. At other times it may have a filling that consists of a very ripe (but not rotten) banana diced
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Banana Republic


Riyadh Gallery Mall in Riyadh in March 2009. On March 2008, Banana Republic opened its store on Regent Street in London, England. On May 9, 2008, Banana Republic opened its store on Greenbelt 5 in Makati City, Philippines. On October 2016, Banana Republic announced that it would close all its UK stores by the end of the year, due to falling sales. As of 2017, Banana Republic had over 700 locations. As of the end of the first quarter of 2011, Banana Republic had 682 company
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Banana production in Honduras


land control in the early decades of the twentieth century. In the early years of the industry, banana growers delivered their fruit to the coast where steamers from a variety of US-based shippers purchased them. However, the steamship companies gradually merged until only a handful remained, and these were soon dominated by the Vaccaro brothers of New Orleans, who in 1899 founded the Standard Fruit and Steamship Company which eventually became Dole. Because northern Honduras had a poorly developed transportation network, only farms located along major streams, and the
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Scranton, Pennsylvania


have included James Taylor, Dave Matthews Band, and many other musical acts. Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple is an impressive piece of architecture which houses several auditoriums and a large ballroom. It hosts the Northeast Philharmonic, Broadway Theater and other touring performances. The Harry Chapin song "30,000 Pounds of Bananas" is about an actual fatal 1965 accident in Scranton, where a driver hauling bananas lost control of his truck as it barreled down Moosic Street. The city is the location of the Scranton branch of a fictional paper
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Black slug


, diminishing plants’ reproductive success, but the black slug does not appear to be feeding selectively, endangering one plant species over another. And the black slug’s effect on native-Alaska slugs is unknown, but the black slug might be displacing the banana slug in BC, Canada; however, such displacement might not have implications beyond those for the banana slugs. Slugs facilitate seed and spore dispersal through fecal matter. The black slug facilitates nutrient cycling by decomposing decaying and fecal matter; additionally, slug mucus left behind in
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Panama disease


being triploids which do not produce seeds, this is not an easy task. Creating clones from tissue cultures, rather than suckers, has proven somewhat successful in breeding resistant varieties, however, these tend to have decreased success in stress-tolerance, yield, or other beneficial traits necessary for commercial varieties. Nevertheless, these efforts are leading to the best control measure for Panama disease of banana. Recently, an R gene (RGA2) was transformed into Cavendish bananas which showed disease resistance to Fusarium wilt tropical race 4. One
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Barred parakeet


Seeds should be fed as a branch of the diet but not as a staple, as a seed-based diet can cause obesity, malnutrition, and kidney failure. Green-leaved vegetables such as kale, collard greens, and turnip greens, as well as broccoli, carrot, and cauliflower, are readily consumed. Common fruits that are offered include banana, papaya, apple, apricot, and orange. Eggs, whether scrambled or boiled (along with the shell), are an excellent source of protein and calcium.
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Pinyon jay


from bird feeders. Pinyon jays can remember specific locations where their conspecifics cached seeds for at least 2 days. They can remember general locations of cached seeds for at least 7 days. Observational spatial memory may have evolved as a consequence of cache dependence, as a consequence of caching in flocks, and/or a combination of the two. Pinyon jays forage mainly on pinyon seeds in late summer and ponderosa pine seeds in fall and early winter. A flock of pinyon jays in Flagstaff, Arizona, spent 80% of their time foraging
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International Banana Museum


The International Banana Museum is a museum located in Mecca, California, dedicated to the banana. The one-room museum contains more than 20,000 items related to bananas. In 1999, the museum set a "Guinness World Record" as the largest museum devoted to a single fruit. The museum was conceived by Ken Bannister, who founded it in 1976. In 1972, Bannister was a president of a photographic equipment manufacturing company, and at a manufacturers' conference, he handed out thousands of Chiquita banana stickers. His joke
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Banana Alley


vacant as well. The area is again considered one of the sites ripe for development in the central business district, with the redevelopment of the rest of the north bank of the Yarra. The TV series Canal Road is set at the Banana Alley Vaults. Canal Road is the fictional name for Banana Alley, which contradictory to the show is inaccessible by cars. The fictional Canal Road Centre is located within a shop space of the Banana Alley Vaults. Nowadays, Banana Alley is host to a number of different businesses who operate
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Lakshmi Puja


near the idol. Puffed rice, batasha, coriander seeds, and cumin seeds are poured or offered to her idol. In villages, a pot made of bamboo-canes measuring the paddy known as Nana' is filled up to the brink with freshly harvest paddy. Rice and lentils are also kept with the paddy. The `Mana' is the symbol of Mahalakshmi. Adoration of the Goddess is done by offering fruits, coconut, banana, doob-grass, amla, curd, turmeric, flowers, incense etc.
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Parkia biglobosa


of dawadawa, it was found that "Gmelina arborea" as well as banana leaves accelerated fermentation of seeds, while also bringing “an increase in protein, crude fat and moisture contents with corresponding decrease in carbohydrate.” The fruit pulp, the leaves and the seeds are also used to feed livestock and poultry. The flowers are attractive to bees and a good source of nectar. The cultivation of this tree can be seen as an important economic activity for many in Africa, including a large portion of women. Néré fruits
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Sopa de mondongo


, olives and other root vegetables like cassava are also very common. In El Salvador, it is also referred as "sopa de pata" is considered a very nutritious and tasty food. It is cooked with ripe banana, cabbage leaves, cassava, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, carrots, potatoes, huisquil, green chile, udder or beef tripe, onion and cow’s feet. In Venezuela, the dish itself is referred to as "mondongo" while the tripe is called "panza" (belly) and is
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Zenki


of the bracelet and , Zenki's most faithful comrade, Chiaki is able to transform him into the Ultimate Demon Warrior. The bracelet is no longer necessary when Chiaki attains higher power in the final episode of the anime, after the bracelet is severely damaged, though this does not happen in the manga. Zenki loves eating the Karuma Seeds and switches to bananas when there's no seed. Voiced by: Chisa Yokoyama (Japanese); Michelle Ruff (English) Chiaki Enno is a normal highschool girl, living in a shrine
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Banana Island Lighthouse


The Banana Island Lighthouse () is a lighthouse located on the highest point of Banana, an island in the Strait of Malacca 15 kilometres from Pontian Kechil, Johor, Malaysia. Built in 1914, the lighthouse was constructed as a white 16 metre (52 feet) high circular cast iron tower with one support structure and a single storey keeper's house at the base, remaining functional as an aid for maritime navigation into the western entrance of the Singapore Strait, as of 2008. Due to its isolated location, the lighthouse
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Lady Finger banana


pong moan" (), lit. 'chicken-egg banana', where it is considered the national fruit of Cambodia by royal decree. In Venezuela, they are known as "cambures titiaros". In Australia, the name 'Lady Finger banana' refers to another banana cultivar, the Pome banana ("Musa acuminata" × "balbisiana" Colla (AAB Group) cv. 'Pome'). In Hawaii and the West Indies, 'Lady Finger' is also used to describe the Ney Poovan banana
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Banana production in the United States


Commercial banana production in the United States is relatively limited in scale and economic impact. While Americans eat of bananas per person per year, the vast majority of the fruit is imported from other countries, chiefly Central and South America, where the US has previously occupied areas containing banana plantations, and controlled the importation of bananas via various fruit companies, such as Dole and Chiquita. The first commercial banana farm in the United States was established in Florida, near Silver Lake, in 1876. A number of independent banana farms and
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Banana wine


alcohol level in the final product is variable. Production of banana wine is mostly at a small-scale level, though attempts have been made to bring it up to industrialized production, and there are commercial producers of banana wine (e.g. Arusha-based Banana Investment Ltd). Since the early 2000s, attempts have been made to expand banana wine production to other countries where the crop is prevalent. The Philippines government has sought to expand a local banana wine industry, while India has produced both award-winning banana wines and
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Frozen banana


instead opened a frozen banana stand after being inspired by Phillips' success. Teller opened his stand - The Original Banana Rolla Rama - right across the street from Phillips' original shop. In the winter months, Teller hauled the trailer to various county fairs. When Phillips died a few years later, Teller bought the business and used it to expand to other locations. Frozen bananas are a tradition on Balboa Island to this day. Bob Fitch created the Frozen Banana in the 1950's on Balboa island maybe earlier. He purchased
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Banana freckle


example, the fungal strain that infects Australian bananas, Lady Finger and Bluggoe, does not infect Cavendish bananas. Individual strains are found in various locations across the globe (see “Environment” section for more information on pathogen strains). Banana Freckle is not known to infect any other types of fruits. Symptoms typically appear after 2–4 weeks after the banana cluster has opened, and seem to be primarily localized on older leaves. Infected tissues may also yellow with age, and eventually senesce in the most severe case of symptoms.
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Kot Addu, Pakistan


under cultivation. Main crops of the area include corn, cotton, rice, sugarcane, tobacco, wheat, and vegetables. Bajra, moong, mash, masoor, and oil seeds (such as mustard and sunflower seeds) are also grown in the district. Mangoes, citrus, guavas, and pomegranates are Kot Addu's most important fruit crops. Minor fruit crops include dates, jaman, pears, falsa and bananas are also grown. One other local fruit is called a bare (Berry) . It is one of
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TN-IAMWARM


technologies (IPT) on garden pulses, cotton, maize, sunflower, groundnut and gingelly. Promotion of new crops such as thornless bamboo and cocoa intercropping in coconut is also programmed. Precision farming with drip fertigation is also demonstrated with sugarcane, banana, vegetables, tapioca, coconut and flowers. The concept of an organic farming seed village is promoted in the sub basins. E-velanmai technology will be tested on a pilot basis. Labour saving implements such as a tractor drawn seed drill, maize husker cum sheller and sunflower
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Tyrosine


2310 mg (phenylalanine + tyrosine). Tyrosine, which can also be synthesized in the body from phenylalanine, is found in many high-protein food products such as chicken, turkey, fish, milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, cheese, peanuts, almonds, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, soy products and lima beans, but also in avocados and bananas. For example, the white of an egg has about 250 mg per egg, while lean beef/lamb/pork/salmon/chicken/turkey contains about
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Green-cheeked parakeet


, hanging upside down and even can be potty trained. Green-cheeked parrots are not very loud at most times, so even an apartment dweller can enjoy their companionship. They can be prone to biting, particularly when young, but an owner can cure this behavior with patience and time. They love fruits, (especially bananas and raisins), and seeds such as sunflower, safflower, and hemp seeds—all found in their natural environments. Green-cheeked parrots also love table food—they are flock animals and
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Mangosteen


plant. If allowed to dry, a seed dies quickly, but if soaked, seed germination takes between 14 and 21 days when the plant can be kept in a nursery for about 2 years growing in a small pot. When the trees are approximately , they are transplanted to the field at a spacing of . After planting, the field is mulched in order to control weeds. Transplanting takes place in the rainy season because young trees are likely to be damaged by drought. Because young trees need shade, intercropping with banana
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Hybrid (biology)


gametes. While that is undesirable in a crop such as wheat, for which growing a crop that produces no seeds would be pointless, it is an attractive attribute in some fruits. Triploid bananas and watermelons are intentionally bred because they produce no seeds and are also parthenocarpic. There is evidence of hybridisation between modern humans and other species of the genus "Homo". In 2010, the Neanderthal genome project showed that 1–4% of DNA from all people living today, apart from most Sub-Saharan Africans, is of Neanderthal
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Edible plant stem


Edible plant stems are one part of plants that are eaten by humans. Most plants are made up of stems, roots, leaves, flowers, and produce fruits containing seeds. Humans most commonly eat the seeds (e.g. maize, wheat), fruit (e.g. tomato, avocado, banana), flowers (e.g. broccoli), leaves (e.g. lettuce, spinach, and cabbage), roots (e.g. carrots, beets), and stems (e.g. asparagus, ginger) of many plants. There are also a few edible
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