Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
09-17-2009, 09:50 AM
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Re: Price of tissue cultured bananas
Richard,
I just browsed your plantsthatproduce website,
I'm mightily impressed, do you have any experience in micro-propagating babaco?
Too bad all off you guys are on the other side of this...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
09-17-2009, 04:23 AM
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Replies: 4
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Re: Almost ready for ordering...just a few doubts
Dear Alberto,
in my experience the best growth stimulators or hormones, are the ones that are heat resistant. IBA, NAA, BAP, Kinetin are heat resistant others such as GA3 (gibberelic acid) or TDZ...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
09-17-2009, 03:57 AM
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Replies: 36
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Price of tissue cultured bananas
Dear members,
After experimenting and getting a protocol together i'm about to start taking orders for tc propagated banana. Musa velutina to be precise. however i have not the least idea how much i...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
08-24-2009, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 1
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banana tc helping farmers
I couldnt resist posting this link, how microcredits and proliferation of high tech made lowcost and simple is changing ways in Tanzania.
hope ya'l like this
dave
YouTube - MATF - Banana tissue...
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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum
08-17-2009, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 40
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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum
08-16-2009, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 20,462
Re: Musa Velutina Experiment
one year eh... well whatever is in these publications is never chiseled in stone. a friend plant breeder of mine tried to grow 20.000 velutina seeds only to have about 5% (!!!) germinate after about...
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Forum: Banana Seed Germination Forum
08-16-2009, 02:19 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 20,462
Re: Musa Velutina Experiment
i did some experimenting with musa velutina seeds myself according to attached publication. The first time I sterilized the 3 month old M velutina seeds for 2 minutes in 70% ethanol, then for 45...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
06-01-2009, 04:28 AM
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Replies: 97
Views: 59,728
Re: Tissue Culture
some clarification on these texts
alginate encapsulation is where you drop a somatic embryo in a sodium alginate solution thus creating what is known as a synthetic seed. wonderfull though complex...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
05-30-2009, 02:36 PM
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Replies: 97
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Re: Tissue Culture
jack draw, griphuz, chironex, after reading your discussion heres some reading material for you all
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
05-30-2009, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 97
Views: 59,728
Re: Tissue Culture
hi there here's an article on using growth retardants for cultivating Musa in temporary immersion systems, people interested in using these systems can contact me if they please
ps i just found i...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
11-17-2008, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 97
Views: 59,728
Re: Tissue Culture
For those interested,
here's another paper i found in one of my books, it has some info on optimal media formulations for specific cultivars. interesting.
regards
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
11-12-2008, 08:01 AM
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Replies: 12
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Re: Photoautotrophic Micropropagation
Yu are probably right, it only seems worthwhile when you are producing huge amounts of plants, then cutting growing times in half, and the added dry weight, starts to make you serious money,...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
11-12-2008, 01:11 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 7,369
Re: Photoautotrophic Micropropagation
Gabe, the difference lies in the scale up, you can turn this into a closed system as large as you want it to be. we have working facilities in the Netherlands right now that cut costs by 40 % and...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
11-11-2008, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 12
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Photoautotrophic Micropropagation
Yet another way to micropropagate plants, this is all about activating the plants own ability to generate all necesary PGRs and let it grow in sugar-hormone free media under high levels of Co2 strong...
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Forum: Member Introductions
11-10-2008, 08:12 PM
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Replies: 5
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Re: hello there
Jarred, thats just what i did! and i posted somemore files there, you might find them interesting especially the book. thanks to all wishing me welcome!!:goteam:
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
11-10-2008, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 97
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Re: Tissue Culture
I love to share, i have many interesting books on micropropagation tissue culture etc.
if there is a special section of this site to do so please let me know.
for now a very good book for all people...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
11-10-2008, 06:53 PM
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Replies: 97
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Re: Tissue Culture
Scot, indeed the initial cost will be higher than when using babyjars plastic jars or other disposables, however the results are amazing, and after the initial layout the returns wil justify the...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
11-10-2008, 07:24 AM
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Replies: 97
Views: 59,728
Re: Tissue Culture
First of all nice to meet you guys!! Gabe, for species proliferating too fast you may want to consider using a growth retardant such as Paclobutrazol. im attaching a publication on use of this and...
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Forum: Tissue Culturing & Other Propagation Techniques of Banana Plants
11-09-2008, 06:29 PM
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Replies: 97
Views: 59,728
Re: Tissue Culture
hello there you all im from amsterdam i make aliving tissue culturing plants and would like to share the following files with you, for anyone trying to micropropagate banana it is essential...
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Forum: Member Introductions
11-09-2008, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,241
hello there
im from am,sterdam holland and got on your site by accident while looking for banana tissue culture protocols on the web. i like this site since i tissue culture plants for a living and am about to...
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