Banana: Benefits, Cultivation, Post-Harvest and Processed, in Indonesia – 2nd Edition

Edited by
Didik Harnowo
Research Center for Food Crops, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia.

Author(s)
Tri Sudaryono
Research Center for Horticultural and Estate Crops, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia.

Sri Satya Antarlina
Research Center for Food Technology and Processing, Research Organization for Agriculture and Food, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia.

Dwi Setyorini
Research Center for Horticultural and Estate Crops, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia.

Book Details

Author(s)

Didik Harnowo
Tri Sudaryono
Sri Satya Antarlina
Dwi Setyorini

Pages

59

Publisher

B P International

Language

English

ISBN-13 (15)

978-81-970008-1-2 (Print)
978-81-970008-2-9 (eBook)

Published

January 25, 2024

About The Author / Editor

Didik Harnowo

Research Center for Food Crops, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia.

Dwi Setyorini

Research Center for Horticultural and Estate Crops, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia.

Sri Satya Antarlina

Research Center for Food Technology and Processing, Research Organization for Agriculture and Food, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia.

Tri Sudaryono

Research Center for Horticultural and Estate Crops, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia.

This book contains various types of bananas that are popular in Indonesia, and the benefits of banana plants for human life, especially for Indonesian people. This book describes the needs of appropriate agroecological requirements for banana plants. In addition, it also displays banana production centers in Indonesia. Then Authors also explained the technology of banana cultivation, starting from the types of seed propagation and seed propagation techniques, land preparation, timing and planting, plant maintenance, spacing, and maintenance of plant stems. Authors also tell about harvesting methods, and postharvest handling including collecting, sorting, pre-treatment and ripening bananas. This book also describes the monoculture cropping model or intercropping with other crops, as well as presents an economic analysis of banana cultivation, treatment of ripening bananas fruit, and processing of bananas into other forms of food.

The author hopes to provide a complete picture of the development and handling of the popular banana commodity in Indonesia.