Musa 'Pacovan Ken'

Fruit Banana, Dessert Banana

Musa 'Pacovan Ken' is a cultivar which is very resistant against Black Sigatoka. It is a tetraploid hybrid of the group AAAB, one cross between the cultivar Musa 'Pacovan' and the diploid hybrid (AA) M53. The name Ken is one honor for its breeder, Dr. Kenneth Shepherd, referent at Banana Tree Genetic Improvement Program for thirteen years (1981 to 1994) in Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil. Musa 'Pacovan Ken' shows a larger amount of larger fruits than the of Musa 'Pacovan', and the fruits of this cultivar are sweeter and show a resistance against falling of fruits from inflorescences like this from Musa 'Pacovan'. The importantest features of Musa 'Pacovan Ken' is its resistance against Black Sigatoka, the importantest banana disease. Added to this it’s also resistant against Yellow Sigatoka and Panama Disease.