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Old 11-20-2013, 06:26 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Default Re: The Most Drought Tolerant Cultivar

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Originally Posted by venturabananas View Post
In general, the more Musa balbisiana genes, the more drought and cool tolerant. ABB cultivars like the Pisang Awak varieties ("Namwah") are among the most drought tolerant.
Yup. You could also try ABBs like Pelipita & Saba.

Trinidad might have the most diverse balbisiana in the Western Hemisphere; and in grow-outs of open pollinated seed I'm seeing huge variations in tolerance to drought conditions in a heavy, untilled, clay soil regime.

So I can imagine ABBs will vary a lot depending on the constitution of the B genomes present.


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