banana plant
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banana
noun[C or U]
uk/bəˈnɑː.nə/us/bəˈnæn.ə/
a long, curved fruit with a yellow skin and soft, sweet, white ...
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plant
noun
uk/plɑːnt/us/plænt/
a living thing that grows in earth, in water, or on other plants, usually has a stem, leaves, roots, and flowers, and ...
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(Definition ofbananaandplantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Successful conversion of conventional commercial banana plantations to organic farms needs more efficient residue utilization schemes, to meet the nutrient demand of thebananaplantand increase utilization efficiency6.
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The big producers also use poisonous pesticides and herbicides, which are becoming less effective as thebananaplantacquires immunity.
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Of particular interest isbananaplantsensitivity to aluminum which slows growth and causes leaf abnormalities.
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All the above-ground parts of abananaplantgrow from a structure usually called a corm.
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When abananaplantis mature, the corm stops producing new leaves and begins to form a flower spike or inflorescence.
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The two proteins induced a hypersensitive response and systemic acquired resistance within thebananaplantafter being exposed to the bacterial pathogen.
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Screening studies have shown different responses by banana plants to nematodes.
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Banana paper is made from two different parts: the bark of thebananaplant, mainly used for artistic purposes, or from the fibers of the stem and non-usable fruits.
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Individuals hide between the leaves and the trunk of banana plants.
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Banana plants from the organic farm had 12 functional leaves at flowering and eight functional leaves at harvest.
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Coffee and banana plants were cut down on smallholdings, and as a result of the boycott there was a certain amount of unemployment.
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Banana plants are therefore propagated asexually from offshoots.
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The town is decorated with lights and houses with mango leaves and banana plants.
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They built a house of cedar slabs and were the first to bring banana plants in by pack horse.
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They can be found in the axils of banana plants during the day, and on vegetation at night.
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Roughly 500,000 banana plants were lost as a result of the floods, about 20% of the entire country's yield.
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Cultivated banana plants vary in height depending on the variety and growing conditions.
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