Abstract:
A field experiment of germplasm collection, evaluation and selection of promising Suwandel banana accessions was
conducted at the Fruit Crop Research and Development Centre, Horana, Sri Lanka from 2003 to 2010 with the
objective of identifying, high yielding, good quality banana varieties which are adaptable to the Low Country Wet
Zone. Varietal diversity was observed among the tested accessions. Based on the investigation of Suwandel
germplasm, two Suwandel accessions namely HoSu 3 and Hosu 9 were identified as high yielding and good quality
accessions which are adaptable to prevailing climatic conditions of Low Country Wet Zone in Sri Lanka. They
produced reasonably high yield of acceptable fruits which having higher brix value (28). According to performances
of mother crop HoSu 3 and Hosu 9 recorded 14.6 kg and 18.2 bunch weight respectively and consumer preference was
higher over the other tested accessions.
