Let's go bananas with paintings

Norbert G J Peeters; David Vergauwen; Ive De Smet

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2023.08.002

Let's go bananas with paintings

Trends Plant Sci. 2023 Nov;28(11):1195-1197. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.08.002. Epub 2023 Aug 29.

Authors

Norbert G J Peeters¹, David Vergauwen², Ive De Smet³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Philosophy, Leiden University, 2311 EZ Leiden, The Netherlands.
² Research and Documentation Centre (CEDOM-MADOC), B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.
³ Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium; VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: ive.desmet@psb.vib-ugent.be.

PMID: 37652757
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.08.002

Abstract

We tell the story of the complex history and global distribution of the very popular banana and illustrate this with amazing depictions by artists and scientists. In addition, we discuss the major changes that occurred during domestication and the risks associated with maintaining a monoculture.

MeSH terms

Domestication*
Musa* / genetics
Paintings