The islands of Fiji are in a phase of transformation from polyculture to commercially oriented
monoculture farming systems. The issue of food security has emerged as a major concern …

Bananas (Musa spp.) are one of the main fruit crops grown worldwide. With the annual
production reaching 144 million tons, their production represents an important contribution …

Background and Aims Dessert and cooking bananas are vegetatively propagated crops of
great importance for both the subsistence and the livelihood of people in developing …

Societal Impact Statement Bananas are nutritious fruits of major importance worldwide.
Characterizing their diversity is essential to ensure their conservation and use. A catalog …

Edible banana cultivars are diploid, triploid, or tetraploid hybrids, which originated by natural
cross hybridization between subspecies of diploid Musa acuminata, or between M …

Background The cultivated banana and plantain (Musa spp.) are valuable for nutritional and
socio-economic security for millions of people worldwide. In Benin, banana and plantain are …

Pacific Island countries are undergoing rapid food system transformation. This has led to a
deterioration in diet quality with decreased consumption of traditional, fresh foods, and …

Remote Oceania, which largely consists of islands covered in tropical forests, was the last
region on earth to be successfully colonized by humans, beginning 3,000 years ago. We …

The Dispersal of Bananas (Musa spp.) to the Americas in the Sixteenth Century. So far,
studies on the spread of banana cultivation in the Americas during the first century of …

Significant opportunities exist for improving edible bananas to tackle emerging productivity
challenges due to the continuous spread of diseases and to improve nutritional …