FHIA-01 is hybrid banana from a cross between the wild banana and the
domesticated banana. It was bred against black sigatoka and nematodes. It was introduced
into Ghana in early 1990 from Hunduras to be evaluated and disseminated. Sufficient
evaluation has been done and it has been released to farmers under the cultivar name
Kwedu bempa. This study was carried out to compare the field performance of the hybrid using conventional suckers and tissue cultured plantlets.