Tropical & Subtropical Fruits

Growth and development of crop

• During the life cycle, the plant produces 30-40 at 4 leafs per month depending on variety.
• The last leaf produced at shooting which is small in size is called flag leaf.
• The first distinguishing feature between vegetative and reproductive phase is the production of bract primordium.
• The basal (proximal) nodes of the inflorescence bear female and the upper (distal) nodes contain male flowers.
• In between male and female buds, hermaphrodite flowers and have stunt ovaries and do not develop in to edible fruit.
• Banana fruit botanically known as berry.
• The edible bananas are vegetative parthenocarpic, the female sterility gene and lack of pollen due to triploidy causes seedless nature.
• While pollination is essential for fruit development in the wild seeded bananas.