Tissue Culture of Variegated bananas
 

dear all
i just want tos share photo of variegated banana cultivated by tissue culture. enjoy the pic at My Photo » Members' Galleries » novisyatria

Re: Tissue Culture of Variegated bananas
 

Hi what species are they exactly and do they pup variegated?

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Good job !! it takes alot of werk to tc! esp variegated.....let us know what it is and how much it is ;) lol joke....

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dear Brad and Bikolo.
In Indonesia, photo the bananas in the bottle that i send, called pisang raja / king banana. I just got 1 plant variegated banana which is mutation of normal banana (green) and we propagated by tissue culture. and something unique, variegated banana after TC will be 2 variant: variegated also and albino. albino have more than 90% of stem and leaf area have white color.

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Real good job ,but infortunately there is a great chance that the pups will return to the green form ...

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based on my experience in TC, if mutation appear in meristematic sell its could be permanent. variegated color will be inherited to thex generation. and in case of my varigated banana, all the result of TC is variegated and albino. no one return be green.

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Fascinating! What ratio do you usually have of variegated plants: albino plants?

Frank

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Dear moderator
In first experiment using normal medium for Musa Sp (MS medium + 5 mg BAP/l) i got rasio variegated: albino = 1:2. albino plant more than variegated but if using less BAP than 5 mg/BAP, the persentace (%) of variegated plant improved, even its shoot multification need more time.:woohoonaner: