On the hunt for wild bananas in Papua New Guinea

Junglekeeper · Nov 7, 2020

On the hunt for wild bananas in Papua New Guinea

At the International Musa Germplasm Transit Center (ITC) in Leuven, Belgium, the Alliance manages the world's largest collection of banana germplasm. Yet despite currently holding 1,617 banana accessions, the genebank only scratches the surface of wild banana diversity.
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In-situ conservation is becoming less likely with the loss of the wild bananas' habitat, therefore scientists...are working against the odds to "fill in the gaps" by collecting samples in their native habitat, then transporting them to genebanks for further research and ex-situ conservation.

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On the hunt for wild bananas in Papua New Guinea

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