Tissue culture facility at Biotech Park, Lucknow is spread over 4071 sqft. area having the capacity to raise and multiply Banana, Potato, Jatropha seedlings.

The culture media used in the unit is completely bio-degradable and non-toxic.

Advantages of Propogation by Tissue Culture

• The elimination of diseases and the production of disease-free plantlets
• The rapid production of large number of genetically identical plantlets
• Introduction of new varieties and or genotypes
• Preservation of germplasm
• Production of haploid plants which can be used for plant breeding
• Production of plantlets from species in which plant development from seed is difficult

Capacity

10000 to 100000 plants / batch and it can produce about 25 million plants/annum.