MusaNet regrets the passing of Prof. Edmond de Langhe, a world class Musa taxonomist and founding member of MusaNet, serving as co-chair of the Diversity Thematic Group and on the Executive Committee as well as in the Taxonomic Advisory Group. Read More
Participants of the MusaNet NRCB workshop on drought phenotyping for banana, 7-11 March 2023, NRCB, Trichy, India MusaNet, together with the National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB) in Tiruchirappalli, India, held an international workshop on drought phenotyping for banana from Read More
The Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT, under the framework of the global banana research network MusaNet, has published a catalogue of wild Musa (banana) species, which is also a tribute to the late banana taxonomist Markku Häkkinen. The 233 page Read More
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The XII International Symposium on banana: Celebrating banana organic production was organized as part of the 31st International Horticultural Congress held in Angers, France, from 14 to 20 August 2022. The symposium took stock of recent developments in organic banana Read More
Two private-sector companies in Ghana have invested in the promotion of science and technology to support the plantain industry and farmers’ livelihoods. Kumad Global Impact LTD and Afarinick Company LTD have adopted the macropropagation technique to establish 100 acres of Read More