About the Book: Catalogue on Banana Germplasm
India is endowed with vast diversity of banana. It is the place of origin and
evolution of present day bananas and plantains. It has a number of clonal banana
cultivars ranging in diversity from delicate edible diploid acuminata (AA) types
to hardy triploid ABB cultivars. More than 100 distinct clones and 40 ecotypes
have been reported in Indian subcontinent. Horticultural College and Research
Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University maintains nearly 200 germplasm
collections. These collections are being used for breeding programme through
synthetic diploids as well as individually as donors for breeding programme.
Concerted efforts made by the previous breeders