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'FLHORBAN 920'

'FLHORBAN-920' at a glance

Image

Ploidy level

3x

Genome

AAA

Status

Synthetic hybrid

Breeding institutes

CIRAD

Breeder's code

CIRAD MU-920

Pedigree

AA x AAAA

ITC code

ITC1585

'FLHORBAN 920' is a AAA dessert banana bred by CIRAD to be resistant to Mycosphaerella fijiensis and Mycosphaerella musicola. It is also slightly tolerant to Radopholus similis and resistant to Pratylenchus coffeae. Its shelf life is too short for the export market, but other features might appeal to domestic producers.

Breeding strategy

'FLHORBAN 920' was produced by crossing an AA cultivar with a tetraploid (AAAA). The tetraploid parent was produced by doubling the genome of a AA cultivar using colchicine (a natural substance used to induce polyploidy in plant cells).

Morphological and agronomic characteristics

Image 'FLHORBAN 920' is taller than the Cavendish cultivar 'Grande Naine', but is slender and its bunch smaller. Nevertheless, the annual yield may be similar or higher as a result of the short interval between harvests (about 4 months). The hybrid is characterized by a high number of small fruits, whose skin is thinner than those of 'Grande Naine'. A panel of consumers appreciated its sweet and fruity taste. It was bred for the export market, but its shelf life and consumption life are too short.

The table below compares 'FLHORBAN 920' to 'Grande Naine' (CIRAD data collected in Guadeloupe):
Traits
FLHORBAN 920
Grande Naine
Plant height (cm)
350
290
Plant girth (cm)
46
66
Robustness (girth / height x 100)
13
23
Number of cycles per year 2.8 2.1
Bunch weight (kg) 17 33
Number of hands in a bunch
11
10
Number of fingers in a bunch
200
230
Fruit length (mm)
160
250
Fruit diameter (mm)
29
34
Fruit weight (g)
90
160
Optimum harvest stage (Cumulative temperature, degree-days)
950
900
Base temperature for harvest optimum stage (°C)
9
14
Flower relicts removal
easy
easy
Fruit falling when fully ripe
moderately
no
Fruit taste
sweet and slightly acid
sweet, typical banana
Fruit texture
firm
gluey, floury
Shelf life (days after climacteric induction)
4 - 8
4 - 9
Consumption life (days after climacteric induction)
5 - 13
5 - 11
Susceptibility to impacts very moderately
Tiger-skinned/spotted yes, at a late stage yes
Packing not as easy easy

Host reaction to pests and diseases

'FLHORBAN 920' is resistant to M. fijiensis and M. musicola, the causal agents of black leaf streak and Sigatoka leaf spot respectively.

It has not been evaluated for its reaction against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense.

It is somewhat less susceptible to the nematode R. similis than Cavendish cultivars and tolerant to P. coffeae.

Recommendations for cultivation

Unlike 'Grande Naine', 'FLHORBAN 920' can be cultivated in double rows to increase yield.

References

See also on this website

Musapedia pages on FLHORBAN hybrids:
Musapedia pages on improved materials:
To browse accession-level information on 'FLHORBAN 920' in MGIS
Abadie, C, Chilin-Charles, Y, Huat, J, Salmon, F, Pignolet, L, Carlier, J, Lescot, T, Côte, F and Jenny, C. 2009. New approaches to select cultivars of banana with durable resistance to Mycosphaerella leaf spot diseases. Acta Horticulturae 828: 171-178.
 

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