Banana Tissue Culture Facility is Innagurated in Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, sambalpur university sponsored by NABARD, ODISHA Chairman, WODC, CGM, NABARD , Collector, Sambalpur and other distinguished personals were inaugurated the Tissue Culture Facility that has been established with the financial support from NABARD, Odisha Regional Office, towards commercial level production of Tissue Culture Banana. The facility created is the first of its kind in the Western Odisha. With the current set up we can produce upto 50,000 plants per year if the financial supports for the recurring expenses and man powers will be provided from the Government/NABARD. In a single batch about 10,000 plants will be produced. The tissue culture banana (Grand Naine (G9), Bantala, Red Banana, Robusta) produced from the Sambalpur University will definitely be beneficial to the farmers. We also assured to provide hands on training to the farmers for tissue culture banana and its cultivation practices.
