BANANA TISSUE CULTURE
Tissue culturing Is a biotechnology process that involve micropropagation in laboratory that use plant material such as seeds tissue organs or suckers or explant in a chemical growing media. Stages of tissue culture 🧫 1)Identification of tissue explant from the field 2)Initiation /innoculation. 3) Multiplication - Division of plant tissue in growing media. 4) Rooting stage This is where the plant begging to form roots ie.rooting hormone Indole Acetic Acid (IAA ) ,Indole Puteric Acid(IPA) Naphthalene Ascetic Acid (NAA) 5) Hardening-It takes place in the green house where we use sterilized soil ,sand, organic fertilizer Advantages of banana tissue culture 1)It is first and effective. 2)It is free from pest and disease. 3)You can grow plants through out the year regardless of weather/season. 4)It requires minimum space. 5)It is easy to produce new varieties and introduce to market at higher speed. 6) Tissue culture bananas mature between 9to ...