BRS SCS BELLUNA – a new banana cultivar for processing and fresh consumption

• Main Authors: Ramon Felipe Scherer, Luiz Alberto Lichtemberg, Luana Aparecida Castilho Maro, André Boldrin Beltrame, Gustavo Henrique Ferrero Klabunde, Márcio Sônego, Luiz Augusto Martins Peruch, Edson Perito Amorim, Janay Almeida dos Santos Serejo, Cláudia Fortes Ferreira, Fernando Haddad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária e Extensão Rural de Santa Catarina 2020-05-01
• Series: Agropecuária Catarinense
• Subjects: Musa acuminata; plant breeding; clonal selection
• Online Access: https://publicacoes.epagri.sc.gov.br/RAC/article/view/532

The new banana cultivar, BRS SCS Belluna (AAA), was developed by the Embrapa and Epagri banana breeding programs for processing and fresh consumption. It is noteworthy differentiated nutritional qualities, since its fruits are rich in fiber and have lower carbohydrate and caloric content when compared to fruits of the most traded subgroups in the country, Prata and Cavendish. ‘BRS SCS Belluna’ is also resistant to Panama disease and to Sigatoka disease complex, major plant health problems in Brazil. The cultivar has yield potential up to 40t ha-1 under favorable environmental conditions. Thus, it is recommended to plant the 'BRS SCS Belluna' in the country, highlighting the state of Santa Catarina, where the studies were conducted.