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Banana and plantain production systems in Benin: ethnobotanical investigation, varietal diversity, pests, and implications for better production

BACKGROUND: The cultivated banana and plantain (Musa spp.) are valuable for nutritional and socio-economic security for millions of people worldwide. In Benin, banana and plantain are among the most produced, consumed, and traded commodities. Its production is mainly for local consumption and remain...

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Autores principales: Chabi, Mariano C., Dassou, Anicet G., Dossou-Aminon, Innocent, Ogouchoro, David, Aman, Bonaventure Omondi, Dansi, Alexandre
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6295045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30547822
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0280-1
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author Chabi, Mariano C.
Dassou, Anicet G.
Dossou-Aminon, Innocent
Ogouchoro, David
Aman, Bonaventure Omondi
Dansi, Alexandre
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Dassou, Anicet G.
Dossou-Aminon, Innocent
Ogouchoro, David
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Dansi, Alexandre
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description BACKGROUND: The cultivated banana and plantain (Musa spp.) are valuable for nutritional and socio-economic security for millions of people worldwide. In Benin, banana and plantain are among the most produced, consumed, and traded commodities. Its production is mainly for local consumption and remains insufficient to the demand. However, the varietal diversity of banana and plantain cultivated in Benin is not documented. This study aims at characterizing the banana and plantain cropping systems, genetic diversity, and production constraints as a baseline to the full utilization of this resource in crop improvement and to identify the potential production and agronomic qualities. METHODS: A baseline investigation of ethnobotanical attributes of banana cultivars was done in 51 randomly chosen villages in southern Benin. Interviews with randomly selected representative farmers were carried out. Key informant interviews and focus group discussions were used for global confirmatory investigation of survey data. Socio-demographic data and indigenous knowledge on the farmer uses of banana and plantain diversity, such as cultural practices, origin, and availability of banana and plantain planting materials, and the constraints and criteria of varietal preference cited by farmers were ranked. RESULTS: Eighty-seven locally recognized cultivars were found: 73 of banana and 14 of plantain groups. The most popular cultivars were Sotoumon (banana) (52.94%), Aloga (plantain) (41.17%), Planta (banana) (33.33%), and Adjangan (plantain) (27.45%). Of the eleven production constraints identified, the main biotic challenges were banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus Germar and banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), while abiotic problems were drought and the wind. Some local varieties like Amandan, Assonwonnou, Coleti, and Ninkouin are extremely rare owing to agronomic and economic preference perceptions. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS: This study provides a baseline for banana diversity in Benin and the West African region and entry points for biological characterization and production improvement. This would enable the exploitation of this resource for plant breeding towards biotic and abiotic challenges facing banana production.
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spelling pubmed-62950452018-12-18 Banana and plantain production systems in Benin: ethnobotanical investigation, varietal diversity, pests, and implications for better production Chabi, Mariano C. Dassou, Anicet G. Dossou-Aminon, Innocent Ogouchoro, David Aman, Bonaventure Omondi Dansi, Alexandre J Ethnobiol Ethnomed Research BACKGROUND: The cultivated banana and plantain (Musa spp.) are valuable for nutritional and socio-economic security for millions of people worldwide. In Benin, banana and plantain are among the most produced, consumed, and traded commodities. Its production is mainly for local consumption and remains insufficient to the demand. However, the varietal diversity of banana and plantain cultivated in Benin is not documented. This study aims at characterizing the banana and plantain cropping systems, genetic diversity, and production constraints as a baseline to the full utilization of this resource in crop improvement and to identify the potential production and agronomic qualities. METHODS: A baseline investigation of ethnobotanical attributes of banana cultivars was done in 51 randomly chosen villages in southern Benin. Interviews with randomly selected representative farmers were carried out. Key informant interviews and focus group discussions were used for global confirmatory investigation of survey data. Socio-demographic data and indigenous knowledge on the farmer uses of banana and plantain diversity, such as cultural practices, origin, and availability of banana and plantain planting materials, and the constraints and criteria of varietal preference cited by farmers were ranked. RESULTS: Eighty-seven locally recognized cultivars were found: 73 of banana and 14 of plantain groups. The most popular cultivars were Sotoumon (banana) (52.94%), Aloga (plantain) (41.17%), Planta (banana) (33.33%), and Adjangan (plantain) (27.45%). Of the eleven production constraints identified, the main biotic challenges were banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus Germar and banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), while abiotic problems were drought and the wind. Some local varieties like Amandan, Assonwonnou, Coleti, and Ninkouin are extremely rare owing to agronomic and economic preference perceptions. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS: This study provides a baseline for banana diversity in Benin and the West African region and entry points for biological characterization and production improvement. This would enable the exploitation of this resource for plant breeding towards biotic and abiotic challenges facing banana production. BioMed Central 2018-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6295045/ /pubmed/30547822 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0280-1 Text en © The Author(s). 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Chabi, Mariano C.
Dassou, Anicet G.
Dossou-Aminon, Innocent
Ogouchoro, David
Aman, Bonaventure Omondi
Dansi, Alexandre
Banana and plantain production systems in Benin: ethnobotanical investigation, varietal diversity, pests, and implications for better production
title Banana and plantain production systems in Benin: ethnobotanical investigation, varietal diversity, pests, and implications for better production
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title_fullStr Banana and plantain production systems in Benin: ethnobotanical investigation, varietal diversity, pests, and implications for better production
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title_short Banana and plantain production systems in Benin: ethnobotanical investigation, varietal diversity, pests, and implications for better production
title_sort banana and plantain production systems in benin: ethnobotanical investigation, varietal diversity, pests, and implications for better production
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6295045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30547822
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0280-1
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