Through the project of Bioversity International entitled “Assessment of Musa Genetic Resources
for their Host Reaction to Fusarium oxysporim f.sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (Foc TR4), towards
Understanding the Genetic Base of Host-Pathogen Interactions”, 42 Musa accessions of different
genomes and subgroups from the International Transit Centre (ITC) were requested and mass
propagated at Lapanday Foods Corporation, Davao City. These ITC accessions were then
planted in the field in Davao City along with varieties of local and Giant Cavendish tissue-culture
variant (GCTCV) to investigate Foc TR 4 resistance within the genepool which also gave way to
the characterization of these diverse Musa accessions.

This catalogue includes 25 ITC Musa accessions from different subgroups. The minimum set of
morphological descriptors and photos were utilized with little modification. Supplemental
information on the disease reaction of the accessions against Fusarium Wilt (Foc TR4) and
Banana Bunchy Top Virus. With the existing characterization data from different researches and
institutions, this characterization aims to assist in distinguishing highly heritable characters and
the identification of plant descriptors that vary less in all environments.