The Taxonomic Advisory Group (TAG) is composed of 12 taxonomists from the Diversity Thematic Group with expertise across the Musa diversity spectrum. They voluntarily provide technical advice and support the implementation of the Global Musa Strategy. The group has participated in several MusaNet workshops where they developed a minimum set of descriptors and photos for characterization of germplasm, published guidelines for regenerating Musa accessions, and created the Taxonomic Reference Collection. The TAG also give their expert opinion on the genetic integrity of ITC accessions through the ongoing Field Verification exercise.
Email: bioversity-musanettag@ groups.cgiar.org
 Jeff Daniells DAF- Cairns, Australia |  Edmond DeLanghe KULeuven Leuven, Belgium | |||
 Christophe Jenny CIRAD- Montpellier, France |  Jean-Pierre Horry CIRAD- Montpellier, France | |||
 Agus Sutanto ITFRI – Solok, Indonesia |  Deborah Karamura Kampala, Uganda | |||
 Kodjo Tomekpe CIRAD – Guadeloupe, France |  Rony Swennen IITA – Arusha, Tanzania | |||
 Joseph Adheka University of Kisangani DR Congo |  Gabriel Sachter-Smith Hawaii, U.S.A. | |||
 Lucien Ibobondji CARBAP – Cameroon |  Janet Paofa NARI – Papua New Guinea |
