FHIA-26

FHIA-26

Dessert banana plant named ‘FHIA-26’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 29, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 6, 2023. This patent earned 144 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15863, the photograph of FHIA-26 printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15863, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

Abstract

This new and distinct variety of hybrid dessert banana plant has both Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana in its pedigree. Its Latin name is Musa acuminata×balbisiana group AABB. AA representing two genomes of M. acuminata and BB representing two genomes of M. balbisiana . It has the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. A high level of resistance to Mycosphaerella fijiensis , causal fungus of the black Sigatoka (black leaf streak) disease. 2. A tall plant height. 3. A strong root system that makes it a hardy plant resistant to strong winds or weevil attach (corm borer Cosmopolites sordidus ). 4. Fruit bunch sizes that are frequently greater than 20 kg. 5. Ripe fruit has a very good taste, flavor and texture.

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1. A new and distinct hybrid variety of dessert banana plant, substantially as illustrated and described, which is a tall plant and has a high level of resistance to Mycosphaerella fijiensis , causal fungus of the black Sigatoka (black leaf streak) disease; the fresh ripe fruit is further characterized by having a very good taste, flavor and texture.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15863 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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