The Micropropagation protocol for banana developed at BARC includes tissue culture propagation using shoot tips on a defined nutrient media containing specific plant growth regulators. The steps include establishment of shoot tip cultures, induction of multiple shoots, elongation, rooting of shoots and hardening of rooted plantlets in the green house. The technique can be useful for rapid multiplication of banana cultivars. One of the main advantages is the production of disease free uniform age and size planting material which can be made available throughout the year.
Banana is a globally important fruit crop with 97.5 million tones of annual production. In India, banana contributes 37% of the total fruit production and ranks second in importance next to mango. The state of Maharashtra ranks second with respect to the land under the cultivation but first in its production of banana with 60 T/ha per annum
Edible bananas do not produce seeds and are traditionally grown vegetatively through suckers (5 to 10 in number depending on the variety). Thus low rate of multiplication limits this method severely. In the recent years, tissue culture propagation of banana through shoot tip as well as floral aspices has been utilized to increase banana production.
The process involves initiation of cultures from sterilized shoot tips obtained from the parent banana plant, shooting and rooting in the test tube, primary hardening in the laboratory, secondary hardening in the nursery and planting in the field.
Banana is a globally important fruit crop with 97.5 million tones of annual production. In India, banana contributes 37% of the total fruit production and ranks second in importance next to mango. The state of Maharashtra ranks second with respect to the land under the cultivation but first in its production of banana with 60 T/ha per anum.
Edible bananas do not produce seeds and are traditionally grown vegetatively through suckers (5 to 10 in number depending on the variety). Thus low rate of multiplication limits this method severely. In the recent years, tissue culture propagation of banana through shoot tip as well as floral aspices has been utilized to increase banana production.
The process involves initiation of cultures from sterilized shoot tips obtained from the parent banana plant, shooting and rooting in the test tube, primary hardening in the laboratory, secondary hardening in the nursery and plating in the field.
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