Musa
(bananas)

Interactions where Musa is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is foodplant of acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph UK/IrelandCaptivity Colletotrichum musae a coelomycete Glomerellaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum musae/Colletotrichum musaea coelomyceteacervulusColletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Zingiberales/Musaceae/Musa/Musabananas Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedacervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph feeds on
fruit (imported) fruit (imported) is foodplant of acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Colletotrichum musae a coelomycete Glomerellaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum musae/Colletotrichum musaea coelomyceteacervulusColletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Zingiberales/Musaceae/Musa/Musabananasfruit (imported) acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph feeds on fruit (imported)
green part (live) live green part has sap sucked by Pseudococcus a genus of mealybugs Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pseudococcidae/Pseudococcus/Pseudococcusa genus of mealybugs Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Zingiberales/Musaceae/Musa/Musabananaslivegreen part sucks sap of live green part

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Musa (bananas) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMusa (bananas)
FamilyMUSACEAE (bananas and plantains)
OrderZINGIBERALES (gingers)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Musa (bananas) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Plant Pathlogy

Arzanlou, M. et al 2008 Multiple gene genealogies and phenotypic characters differentiate several novel species of Mycosphaerella and related anamorphs on banana Persoonia vol 20: 19-37.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Musa (bananas):

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