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APPENDIX B<br />

<strong>Banana</strong> Taxonomy for Tanzania<br />

Svetlana Edmeades <strong>and</strong> Deborah Karamura<br />

As in the case <strong>of</strong> Ug<strong>and</strong>a, a subset <strong>of</strong> key banana descriptors was preselected to include<br />

in the sample survey based on previous taxonomic research. Farmers surveyed named<br />

the cultivars planted in their banana groves during the survey season <strong>and</strong> described<br />

them in terms <strong>of</strong> each characteristic (bunch size, bunch position, finger compactness, size <strong>of</strong><br />

fingers, maturation period, pseudostem color, <strong>and</strong> space between the h<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong> the bunch).<br />

Responses were then cross-checked with existing taxonomic knowledge. Exotics <strong>and</strong> hybrids<br />

are classified as different subsets <strong>of</strong> nonendemic bananas. Survey data were then used to calculate<br />

household <strong>and</strong> cultivar shares. 1here>

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