Preliminary report on introduction experiment of nine banana cultivars in Guangxi

The present experiment was made to select superior banana cultivars for improving the composition status of banana cultivars in Guangxi.Nine banana cultivars were introduced from Guangdong, which were investigated their biological characteristics, the major agronomic traits, as well as yields and fruit indexes comparing to that of the leading cultivar in Guangxi, williams.The results showed that, the nine introduced cultivars showed varied in the general characters when compared to willams, e.g, cultivar W3 had a higher pseudostem of 271.67 cm and better fruit quality while with lower yield,cultivar W14 had the lowest pseudostem height with a shorter life cycle and better fruit quality while individual plant yield was 4.82 kg lower than willams. Besides, cultivar W2, W4, W8 and W12 all showed higher yield, better fruit shape, longer fruit fingers and brighter fruit color. cultivar W7, W9, and W10 showed better flavor or taste of fruit than willams. The nine banana cultivars were found with general characters in the field either better or at least not worse than willams ,which were suggested to be worthy of further for demonstration and production in Guangxi.