Nov 2, 2015

Advantages of Tissue Culture Techniques in Banana

Plant tissue culture is a collection of techniques used to maintain or grow plant cells, tissues or organs under sterile conditions on a nutrient culture medium of known composition.  Plant tissue culture is widely used to produce clones of a plant in a method known as micropropagation.
          Advantages of Tissue Culture Planting in Banana
Uniform Growth and Increased Yield
Pest and disease free seedlings
No staggered harvesting
Shorter harvesting period enables flexibility in accordance with the planting season and market demand.
Early maturity of crop
Infection free planting material
95-98% plants bear bunches
Round the year planting possible as seedlings are made available throughout the year

See also:

Pest and disease management in banana
Banana varieties grown in India
Major banana producing belts in India

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