http://www.bioversityinternational.org/ Bioversity International - Research to improve the use and conservation of agricultural biodiversity to improve nutrition, livelihoods and enhance sustainability for smallholder farmers en Bioversity International 2013-05-04T11:27:24+02:00 Bioversity International Bioversity International http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/bioversity_and_belgian_university_join_efforts_to_support_banana_research.html Bioversity International signed an agreement yesterday with the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven to support the world’s collection of banana and plantain germplasm. As a result, Bioversity will host its Musa germplasm collection at the new premises of... 2013-03-01T09:52:00+01:00 Bioversity International and Belgian university join efforts to support banana research http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/banana_genome_sequence_significant_step_for_scientists_producers_and_consumers.html It’s been ten years of waiting, but the news that the banana genome has been sequenced has been worth it. The sequencing of one of the founding genomes of cultivated bananas, the wild species Musa acuminata, and its assembling into a high-quality... 2012-07-12T08:54:47+02:00 Banana genome sequence significant step for scientists, producers and consumers