Production of Bamboo (Bambusa balcooa) Plantlets by Plant Tissue Culture Technique

Bambusa balcooa Roxb. species is valued for its edible tender shoots, mainly for food and pickle industry.

CSIR-NEIST has developed a reproducible multiplication protocol, which is environmental friendly and can be used for germplasm conservation as well as for large scale multiplication for commercial use.

• Highly reproducible technique for in vitro mass multiplication with no toxic chemicals
• Micropropagated plantlets genetically true to type. Hence technology can be adopted to multiply any elite variety of the species
• Easy to handle process