4 Types of Banana Macro Propagation I Macro propagation technique for Rapid Multiplication of Banana
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Date: 01/06/2021

Banana Macro Propagation I growers as planting materials, they often have a higher risk of harboring disease and insect pests that can lead to decreases in productivity. Thus, demand for high quality disease- and insect-free planting material is increasing. Tissue culture (micro-propagation) can be a viable alternative to planting but require sterile laboratories and highly trained technicians to avoid contamination and guarantee success.Many labs that provide tissue culture services may be expensive and/or require large quantities be purchased making it impractical. To address these challenges, macro-propagation has been introduced as an alternative. Macro-propagation can be done with little capitol cost and minimal skill. This chapter describes how to construct a macro-propagation house and the steps required to prepare the planting material and harvest clean banana plantlets.
This study assessed simple macro-propagation methods, which build on methods reported for enset multiplication, for producing banana seedlings in four different Musa cultivar use groups across four unique agro-ecologies (900–1,815 m a.s.l.). The methods consisted of a substrate of loosened soil or a soil-and decomposed farmyard manure mixture under either a semi-cylindrical tunnel made of wooden/stick frames covered with knitted elephant grass stems or a 5 cm thick mulch cover of spear grass/elephant grass. A standard macro-propagation unit, made of wooden planks and thick plastic polythene sheet covering, with sawdust as substrate, served as a control.