Lab to produce tissue cultured banana plants

The lab,the first of its kind to be established by the state government,has been built in the Bakshi Ka Talaab locality in the outskirts of Lucknow. A total of Rs 1.5 crore has been spent in establishing the lab,which will be handed over fully furnished to Hindustan Bioenergy Limited.

BL Meena,Principal Secretary,Science and Technology,Uttar Pradesh,said,“The benefit of a tissue cultured plant is that it produces plants of good variety and gives almost equal produce. Hence,in spite of being slightly expensive,it is much in demand.”