India is the largest producer of banana in the world with an annual production of around 29.7 MT. The use of tissue culture in banana plantation is being hailed as the prime reason behind this rapid increase in production.
Tissue culture, a biotechnology initiative to increase the yield by five times the traditional farming, has taken farmers across the world by a storm.
Tissue culture is a process of cloning and micro-propagation of the selected high-quality plants and applied for mass production of high-grade planting material for most crops. This method of cultivation ensures higher yields and better quality as well.
Traditionally the banana crop is cultivated by vegetative methods like suckers and bits. However, it responds very well to tissue culture as well. The tissue culture samples are taken from crops that have been disease-free for years. These are then cloned in a controlled environment to cultivate the desired amount of saplings for each variety of bananas.
Jain Irrigation Systems Limited’s ‘Jain Tissue Culture’ is the pioneer in tissue culture and offers ‘Minimum Resources, Maximum Produce Technology’ for banana, pomegranate and strawberry in the country.
What is Tissue Culture?
Tissue culture, a biotechnology initiative to increase the yield by five times the traditional farming, has taken farmers across the world by a storm.
Tissue culture is a process of cloning and micro-propagation of the selected high-quality plants and applied for mass production of high-grade planting material for most crops. This method of cultivation ensures higher yields and better quality as well.
Traditionally the banana crop is cultivated by vegetative methods like suckers and bits. However, it responds very well to tissue culture as well. The tissue culture samples are taken from crops that have been disease-free for years. These are then cloned in a controlled environment to cultivate the desired amount of saplings for each variety of bananas.
Importance of Tissue Culture in Banana Plantation
1. Banana sapling cultivated using tissue culture technology is high yielding and high quality, and there is uniformity in the banana crop.
2. Banana saplings are disease-free at the time of planting, and it is easier to maintain a similar condition by following good agriculture practices.
3. Tissue culture technique of planting is available throughout the year. Therefore bananas can be grown all year round without any shortage of the disease-free material.
4. A big plus point of this technology is that the entire crop matures at a uniform rate, which makes harvesting easy and reduces the cost of labour.
5. Higher productivity, better quality, and best prices: The banana yield is higher; the quality of the crop is much superior, which further helps in getting a better price for the harvest.
6. Ratoon crop: The traditional banana crop blooms in 16-18 months, while tissue culture ensures the maturation of the crop in 11 months.
2. Banana saplings are disease-free at the time of planting, and it is easier to maintain a similar condition by following good agriculture practices.
3. Tissue culture technique of planting is available throughout the year. Therefore bananas can be grown all year round without any shortage of the disease-free material.
4. A big plus point of this technology is that the entire crop matures at a uniform rate, which makes harvesting easy and reduces the cost of labour.
5. Higher productivity, better quality, and best prices: The banana yield is higher; the quality of the crop is much superior, which further helps in getting a better price for the harvest.
6. Ratoon crop: The traditional banana crop blooms in 16-18 months, while tissue culture ensures the maturation of the crop in 11 months.
Jain Irrigation Systems Limited’s ‘Jain Tissue Culture’ is the pioneer in tissue culture and offers ‘Minimum Resources, Maximum Produce Technology’ for banana, pomegranate and strawberry in the country.
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