Gross Morphology of Eleven Varieties of Mus Textilis Nee, Three other Musa Species and Canton

Date

1972

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Major Course

Major in Agronomy

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Juan T. Carlos Jr.

Co-adviser

P. C. Tabora Jr.

Abstract

A system for classification was made using these characters as parameter: color of pseudostem, surface covering of pseudostem, condition of outermost leafsheath, height of pseudostem, base circumference, shape of mature fruits, angle of distention of fruit bunch, density of bunch, number of hands per bunch, number of seeds per fruit, shape of male bud in advance blooming, surface of male bud, arrangement of male bracts, color of male bracts, number of male flowers per bract, position of leaf base, shape of leaf base, shape of leaf a pex, black lining on neither surface of leaf, leaf blade color, leaf blade length, leaf blade width, midrib color, stooling capacity and stooling habit. Some of these plant characters which are influenced slightly by the environment are indicated in the text.

Using pseudostem height, base circumference and stooling capacity as basis, six groups of abaca cultivars and three groups of the species were proposed. These groupings were made to identify the varieties which are profuse stoolers and with tall, large and vigorous pseudostems .

An outlined field procedure for classification was recommend to avoid collection of unnecessary data and to make the job of classification brief and easy.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

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