Question

Musa sapientum plants are commercially propagated by

• A. Seeds
• B. Rhizomes
• C. Bulbs
• D. Bulbils

Answer 1

The correct option is B Rhizomes

• Musa sapientum is a herbaceous plant commonly called banana.
• Bananas are propagated vegetatively rather than sexually because nearly all cultivated varieties are seedless, and fruits develop parthenocarpically (in the absence of seed development).
• Farmers from different regions prefer different size suckers or rhizomes for optimal planting material.
• The banana has a reduced underground stem, called the rhizome, which bears several buds.
• Each of these buds sprouts and forms its own pseudo-stem and a new bulbous rhizome. These daughter plants are called suckers.
• Large suckers are the preferred planting material.
  

Thus, the correct answer is option B.