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On the occurrence of Musa balbisiana Colla,-in S.India and its importance in banana breeding

Volume : 36
Issue: Dec-dec
Pages: 552 - 555
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Abstract


Musa balbisiana Colla.,has not hitherto been recorded as suchin Indian litrature on Musa.The species, however,has been found growing in certain tracts of this country for ages now and has been ranked as Musa sapientum (Roxburgh,1824:Kurz.,1866),that mythical species,which is 'the most confounded and confusing combination in the whole literature of Musa'(Cheesman,1948a).

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552 - 555
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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