I guess I am a little confused, I am under the impression that the place to take tissue for TC is the pseudostem, or down where the stem meets the corm, correct?
but what is this meristem I am also hearing about?
can someone explain to me or show me a diagram of a banana plant these places:
Pseudostem
meristem
corm(bulbous base of plant?)
I'm getting ready to harvest some pups and wanted to make sure I am going to be using the right areas but have gotten a little confused.
Is the meristem down towards the bottom of the plant where the stem and leaves actually start? or is it at the top?
and the speudostem is what?
I guess you can plant a corm and it will produce pups, but you can't TC just the corm because it won't produce because there is no pseudostem/meristem?
thanks for the help.
Larry