TISSUE CULTURE BANANA – G9 - PRECISION FARMING
Tissue culture banana – G9 – in precision farming produce amazing yield of 40 kgs weight of each bunch
At 1.8 M * 1.8 M plant spacing an acre of land is planted with 1234 banana TC plants . At an average yield of 40 kgs per bunch , total of 49,360 kgs of fruits are produced
@ selling price of Rs. 12 / kg , ac acre of G9 TC banana fetch an income of Rs.5,92,320 in about 11-12 months period
TC – plants – 100% of RDF
(110:35:330 g NPK / plant)
Use of growth regulators
Growth regulator Concentration Stage of spray Results
NAA 20 ppm At flowering Optimum fruit set
NAA 20 ppm At flowering Check fruit drop
BUNCH COVER
• Transparent polythene sleeves provided with 2- 4% ventilation.
• Taking bunch covering - after opening of last hand
• Improve bunch appeal and advance – maturity 7-10 days.
• Free from insect bites, fungi , bacteria and physical injuries.
Grading:
• Based on number & size of fingers
• Overripe and injured fruits are discarded
• Local Market
• As bunches- padded with banana leaves
• Fungicidal paste – at cut ends
• Packed in polythene tubes (175 gauge, 55 cm wide with 1.8 cm with holes 10 cm apart
I am interested to start a Tissue culture Lab / Farm, especially for Banana varieties like Elachi, Nethera, G9. Looking for a consultnat or expert, to support our project.
Hi
Already Bio tech lab tried to produce TC banana plants in all the banana varieties .It is found successful only in G9 . However your attempt in producing TC banana plants are appreciated since there seems to be vast scope existing for select banana varieties in domestic as well as international market
Already so many Tissue Culture Banana Labs are producing Elachi Banana( Yelakki banana ) TC plants, Nendran Variety TC banana plants, like SPIC, Coimbattore, Gugle Tissue banana Labs, Devanahalli, Horticulture dept of Karnataka in their Hulimavu TC lab etc.
As per the gathered information, G9 banana tissue culture results will be very good and the success rate in other varieties is little less and much time consuming it seems and that is the reason, very few TC labs are doing other variety bananas, except G9 variety.
There are even experts like 1. Dr Veera Reddy of AG biotek, Hyderabad with 25 yrs of TC banana and other plants, available on 09848025050, 2. Dr Ajay Kumar Gupta of MM university, Haryana, avilable on 09017229249 , etc. You can also contact Dept of Biotecnology, IARI, Pusa, New Delhi etc. They do consultancy on request and as per their and mutually agreed terms.
Tissue culture Industry is a well developping activity from past 30 years and it will have its charm for more than some decades.
