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Banana ranks third place in world fruit volume production after citrus fruit and grapes at 64.6 Mt (FAO, 2000), and second place in trade after citrus fruit, at 14.7 Mt
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(FAO, 1999). Banana fruit is grown in more than 100 countries, mainly in sub-tropical areas (Stover and Simmonds, 1987). The biggest markets for banana are North Ameri-ca and Europe, followed by Japan and Eastern Europe (Caussiol, 2001).