Kalapua (Cultivar group)
Passport data
Classification
Kalapua (ABB)
Biological status
Cultivated
Ploidy
3x
Main distribution area
Papua New Guinea
Uses
Cooking
Number of samples assigned
5
Notes
Very common in Papua New Guinea
tolerant to drought and�Black Leaf Streak resistant
Susceptible to Banana Wilt Associated Phytoplasma
Genomic features
Two patterns identified: Dwarf Kalapua have two full M. balbisiana haplotypes on first arms of chr. 4 and chr. 8.; first telomere of chr. 9 has three B copies
Hold a common small duplicated region in the centromeric zone of chr. 8 due to unbalanced crossing-over between banksii and M. schizocarpa (not shown)
Number of mosaics identified
2
Morphological Characterisation Pictures
References for molecular characterisation
Number of assigned accessions
3
Assigned accessions
Number of assigned accessions
2
Assigned accessions
Legend
M. acuminata ssp. banksii/borneo
M. acuminata ssp. zebrina
M. schizocarpa
M. balbisiana.