{"id":34134,"date":"2018-10-30T15:59:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T10:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=34134"},"modified":"2018-10-30T15:59:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T10:29:52","slug":"pt-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pt-news\/","title":{"rendered":"PT news:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PT news:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/andamans-new-taste-is-sweet-and-sour\/article20000504.ece\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andaman\u2019s new taste is sweet and sour<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Botanists in the Andaman and Nicobar Island which is hosting seven different species of wild banana.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is the discovery?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latest discovery published in the Nordic Journal of Botany, is of a species of wild banana named Musa paramjitiana happens to be the director of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI). <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species was found in North Andaman\u2019s Krishnapuri forest, 6 kilometres from any human habitation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Description of the plant<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plant grows to a height of nine metres and bears an edible, sweet-and-sour tasting fruit that is boat-shaped and has numerous bulb-shaped seeds. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is \u2018Critically Endangered\u2019 as it has so far been spotted in only two locations on the islands, each with 6 to 18 plants in a clump.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The conservation status<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such drastic disappearance of its mixed forest habitat indicates that the species should be considered Critically Endangered, based on IUCN Red List categories and criteria.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fruits and seeds have ethno-medicinal importance. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pseudo-stem and leaves of these species are also used during religious and cultural ceremonies<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Conserve germplasm<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These discoveries present a great opportunity for plant breeders and horticulture experts to improve the existing banana crop. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The germplasm of all the wild banana species needs to be conserved on an urgent basis, since most of these are found in very small habitats and at risk of extinction<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PT news: Andaman\u2019s new taste is sweet and sour Context Botanists in the Andaman and Nicobar Island which is hosting seven different species of wild banana. What is the discovery? 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