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Gabe15 · 09-28-2006, 12:15 PM

For the last month or so I have been working on a project with the University of Colorado, IWMI (a division of CGIAR) and USAID. It involves breeding new types of bananas for drought tolerance and other things. However, I only have access to a very limited number of flowering bananas and need many more hybrid seeds than I will be able to produce on my own. What would happen is I would direct you in hybridising your own flowering bananas and about 3 months later you would collect the seed and send them to me, and in return I can send you free banana plants of various varieties or something else if you wanna talk about it.

You will need flowering (or about to flower) at the same time, at least one banana from each of these groups, and from there, if you can do that, we will talk about which ones in particula will work. You can still participate if you think you will have some of these flowering by December at the latest. I realize that its about winter for most of us, however, if you are a member in a tropical/subtropical location or have a greenhouse, it still should be possible as long as your plants keep growing.

PLANT GROUP 1: (Rhodochlamys)
Musa laterita
Musa velutina
Musa mannii
Musa rubinea
Musa siamensis
Any Musa with the name "ornata" in it

PLANT GROUP 2: (Edible Eumusa)
'Pelipita'
'Saba'
'Cardaba'
'Pisang Jari Buaya'
'Yangambi Km. 5'
'Rose'

Please PM or email me if you think you can help.

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