Types of Platanos in the DR:
French Plantains: Triploides (AAB) , numerous fruits of medium size, presence of the male floral axis in the area of the tip of the bunch, pseudotallo with light green-dark shades.
Purple male green banana: Triploides (AAB). They are of the type Horn Plantain, due to that do not have the
presence of the male flowers in the end of the bunch, are called male bananas, with bunches formed by fewer and larger fruits.
Female or Dominican banana: Triploides (AAB) of the type French Plantain, with bunches formed by numerous fruits with the presence of the male flowers in the end of the bunch. Within the male (Horn plantain) and
the female (French plantain) different clones of banana exist that are distinguished by the type of fruit of the bunch.
Guinean Valery or Robusta: Triploides (AAA), pseudotallo with the black tips, very strong, resistant to Panama's infection.
Guinean Giant Cavendish: Triploides (AAA), called great dwarf(Enano), are semi-dwarfish plants, of great vigor, with
pseudotallo thick and extensive radial system, that provides a good anchorage for it.
Guineo Cross Michel: Triploides (AAA), is characterized for its great vigor, large fruits, tolerant, high resistance to Panama's infection.
Guinean Lady' s Finger: Diploid (AA), plants of little vigor, small folicule area number, small stumps, with a lot of resistance to the Black Sigatoka and to Panama's infection.
Guinean Duart Cavendish: Triploides (AAA). Is a plant that adapts to diverse ecological conditions, of vigor,
energetic, resistant to the winds, with very large bunches, nevertheless, the fingers or fruits are short and very susceptible to the Black Sigatoka and to the nematodos
Lacat?n or "Bont Rond" : Triploides (AAA), very high and energetic, resistant to weak soil and to Panama's infection, is similar to the Gross Michel.
Ashen dwarfish roller( Rulo cenizo enano): Triploides hybrid (AAB), of low height, resistant to winds and marginal soils. Ashen green color.
Green gigantic (verde gigante): Triploides (ABB), is of entire green color, with abundant fruits and large bunches; tolerant to certain vascular illnesses.
Ashen giant (gigante cenizo): Triploides (ABB), with characteristics alike to the previous one; only varies in the color.
The varieties of musaceas domesticated in the country are the following:
Banana (Platano) (heavenly Muse, L.)(Musa paradisiaca) : Dominican 300, Dominican, Common Dominican 120, Dominican Green, Apostol 200,
Black Female, Purple Female, Male, Mixed Female Male, green female x Male, dwarfish female x half size female, Male female x 3/4, Male x female Cuban, Male x female Top of gold, Male x female Tenpin, Male x female
Purple, Male x female bunch purple, Male x female black, Male x female Male, female Taiwan male, barahonero Male and Sendo Purple stem.
Guinean (Muse sapientum, L.) : Fine feather, Apple, short tail 3/4, short tail 1/2 size, Bull's blood,
Johnson Purple, Give me more (dame ma), Guineo of the father, Primo Hermano, Johnson, Manchoso (staining), Guineo green,
Guineo 3/4, Chirri, Guineo purple flavor inside, Azuano half hairy tail, Dwarfish(enano), Green hiller (lomero verde), hairy tail (cola peluda).
Roller (rulo)(Muse curniculata) : Green dwarf small bunch, green Dwarf medium size, Green tall bunch separated,
Green tall tupid bunch, Burro censa, Platanito, half green tree, Roller(rolo) Bolo(round)-Asian, Mexican, Low Ashen (cenizo), Ashen high of the plain, Tall Ashen of the hills (lomero), intermediate Roller (rulo).
In the Dominican Republic, the production is mostly destined to the internal consumption by a good margin and to the export in a lesser amount. In the country conventional and organic banana production systems exist. The organic production, was initiated in 1980; and exports in its totality, representing about half of the national exports of banana. It is a leader in the world exports of organic banana and, in spite of the high cost of certification, the transition to the organic agriculture was simple, since the majority of farmers already were utilizing few external supplies. The main markets of the banana of organic origin are Germany, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. New markets are also emerging as the DR positions itself to global markets with new agreements and push by the gov.
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