Yaleidis Mendez, Katheryn Chen See some of the national collection of Musa (banana and plantain) germplasm housed at the USDA ARS Tropical Agriculture Research Station in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. USDA technician Yaleidis Mendez shows how in vitro plants are acclimated to field conditions, then grown and eventually evaluated at the Isabela field site. Field verification (phenotyping) has benefited the USDA collection, as well as the Musa germplasm collection from Bioversity International.
USDA TARS Banana and Plantain Collection
