Abacá (Spanish) (/ɑːbəˈkɑː/ ah-bə-KAH; Filipino: Abaka [ɐbɐˈka]), Musa textilis, is a species of banana endemic to the Philippines. The plant grows to...
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Abaca slippers are made from dried abacá plants and leaves, as well as sometimes from dried pineapple plant leaves. Abaca slippers may be found in the...
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The Abaca Festival, formally known as Catanduanes Abaka Festival, is a festival held each year in Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines. The celebration happens...
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Southern Leyte (section Abaca)
produced abaca with a rate of 17 percent. In 2003, Abaca bunchy top virus threatened the abaca industry in the province. Almost all of the abaca-producing...
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of files. The paper was traditionally produced with manila fibers from abacá leaves, a.k.a. manila hemp. This material was named after Manila, capital...
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Abaca bract mosaic virus (ABrMV) is a plant pathogenic virus. It is transmitted by Pentalonia nigronervosa, Aphis gossypii, and Rhopalosiphum maidis....
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Abaca bunchy top virus (ABTV) is a pathogenic plant virus of the family Nanoviridae. ABTV has been isolated from both abacá (Musa textilis) and banana...
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Catanduanes (section World's Abaca Top Producer)
maintained its "abaca country" status as the top abaca fiber-producing province in the Philippines. In 2015 alone, the island's 12,789 abaca farmers produced...
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Philippine peso denomination that has a polymer banknote version. The cotton-abaca version, features José Abad Santos, Vicente Lim, and Josefa Llanes Escoda...
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manila hemp (a.k.a. abacá leaves), which was named after Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Beginning in the 1840s, recycled abacá rope fibers were...
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Mesembrinella socors (redirect from Huascaromusca abaca)
name Mesembrinella socors (Walker, 1861) Synonyms Calliphora socors Walker, 1861 Huascaromusca abaca Hall, 1948 Mesembrinella bicolor Giglio-Tos, 1893...
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dreams, which they believe are a gift from Fu Dalu, the T'boli Goddess of abacá. The rest of the community, including the men, are able to participate in...
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It is traditionally made with sheer textiles (nipis) woven from piña or abacá; although in modern times, cheaper materials like organza silk, ramie or...
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coconut meat) producer in the Philippines. It also is a major producer of abacá, and exports crude oil and copra pellets. On March 20, 2018, Davao Oriental...
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Bansalan in Davao del Sur and watched her mother weave ikat a traditional abaca fabric when she was a child, She asked her mother how to use the loom at...
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Filipino products, like in wooden or rattan furniture and handicrafts, woven abaca or pinacloth, and other handmade or carved toy or trinket one usually finds...
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coconuts, bananas, and pineapples; it is the world's largest producer of abaca,: 226–242 and was the world's second biggest exporter of nickel ore in...
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10.24 square kilometres (3.95 sq mi) and transformed the place into an abaca plantation. This became the hub of economic activity in the locality during...
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Sugarcane mosaic virus (redirect from Abaca mosiac virus)
SCMV will continue to be a threat to industry. "Sugarcane mosaic virus abaca mosaic strain (SCMVA0)[Overview]". Global Database. EPPO (European and Mediterranean...
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Agriculture in the Philippines (section Abaca)
total abaca fiber shipments from the Philippines went to the United Kingdom in 2014, making it the top importer. Germany imported 37.1 percent of abaca pulp...
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agriculture products such as coconut, banana, vegetables and especially abaca in the province. The word Sibagat is from the word bagat which means "meet"...
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is a natural cellulosic biodegradable "technical" canvas fabric made of Abacá banana plant fibres (also known as Manila hemp). The plants are grown in...
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products, transport equipment, garments, chemical products, copper, nickel, abaca, coconut oil, and fruits. Its major trading partners include Japan, China...
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Pinstripes Polka dot Shweshwe Tartan or plaid Tattersall Textile fibers Abacá (Manila hemp) Acrylic Alpaca Angora Bashō Cashmere Coir Cotton Eisengarn...
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people's tradition of weaving T'nalak, a dyed fabric made from refined abaca fibre. Born on August 3, 1928, Lang Dulay was a T'boli princess from the...
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Africa in the 16th century. Southeast Asian banana cultivars, as well as abaca grown for fibers, were introduced to North and Central America by the Spanish...
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slits her wrists with a shaving blade while bathing, and dies. The angel Abaca informs Jones that although she has lived a "pure" life, her suicide has...
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Pinstripes Polka dot Shweshwe Tartan or plaid Tattersall Textile fibers Abacá (Manila hemp) Acrylic Alpaca Angora Bashō Cashmere Coir Cotton Eisengarn...
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Abaqa Khan (1234–1282), ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate, based in Persia Abacá, a Philippine species of banana Edmund Abaka, photographer and historian...
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