ProMusa | The banana knowledge platform of the ProMusa network

ProMusa is a network of people promoting scientific discussions on bananas. The Musa in ProMusa is not the Latin word for muse, but the scientific name of the banana. But it would be fair to say that the banana is our muse.

InfoMus@ – News and blogs

What's in store for organic bananas?

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Frans Wielemaker Monday, 27 May 2019

Organic bananas

The demand for organic bananas has grown exponentially, but can they ever become mainstream?

Linnaeus’s banana legacy

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Anne Vézina Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Domestication Taxonomy

How Linnaeus inadvertently muddled the taxonomy of bananas when he gave Latin binomials to two edible bananas.

InfoMus@ – Mediawatch

InfoMus@ – Announcements

Musapedia – Compendium of knowledge on banana

Musalit – Recent literature

Crossbreeding East African Highland Bananas: Lessons Learnt Relevant to the Botany of the Crop After 21 Years of Genetic Enhancement

Surgery or surgical defolation in 'Grand Naine' banana in the control of black Sigatoka in the state of Rio de Janeiro

Readiness for Environmental Release of Genetically Engineered (GE) Plants in Uganda

2020 ISHS-ProMusa symposium
Healthy banana production systems
for better livelihoods
Read about it here

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How people eat their bananas

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