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Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants This forum is for discussing propagation techniques of banana plants. Tissue culturing is the popular process of creating clones from a source plant. There are other techniques to propagate banana plants however, such as nicking corms or dividing corms. Learn more inside.


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Old 05-05-2013, 12:31 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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What's the point of tissue culturing a plant that reproduces itself through pups? Is it for mass production or some other reason(s)?

What is the culture medium?

Is the culture placed in an incubator? Temperature/humidity requirements?
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What's the point of tissue culturing a plant that reproduces itself through pups? Is it for mass production or some other reason(s)?

What is the culture medium?

Is the culture placed in an incubator? Temperature/humidity requirements?
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wow, thanks so much!! Don't need this forum at all now...
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wow, thanks so much!! Don't need this forum at all now...
Sarcasm?

Seriously there is a massive forum to do with tissue culture that will answer your questions.
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