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Commercial Micropropagation of Some Economically Important Crops

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Commercial tissue culture commenced in India in 1984 subsequent to the laudable classic work at University of Delhi using basic tissue culture for studies in developmental biology commenced way back in the 1950s, and its importance gradually recognized for application in crop improvement. Since then it has been a trend of ‘rise and fall, and rise again’ till date. The total tissue culture plant production in India is currently estimated to be 300 million plants per annum, of which banana shares approximately 50%. Scores of species in fruit, vegetable, floriculture, forest, plantation, medicinal, and aromatic plant categories are now produced through micropropagation. Next to banana, sugarcane and ornamentals, other crops such as pineapple, pomegranate, lemon, ivy gourd (Coccinea indica), pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica), and teasle or spine gourd (Momordica dioica), turmeric, and ginger are now commercially produced through micropropagation in India. There are challenges for the micropropagation industry producing banana and other plants in general, with many tissue culture units facing severe economic loss ending up in non-performance or closure. Some aspects of the problems are discussed in detail.

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Acknowledgments

I take this opportunity to thank all my professional friends and colleagues- Rao TVLN, Subramani J, Jaganivasan R, Jagdale D and Mane R for providing some of the unpublished information. I am thankful to Mr. Sai Krishna for sharing data and pictures of ivy gourd under shade cultivation in Telangana; Mr. Rajni Patel, Gujarat, for sharing data on salt tolerant banana cultivated in his fields and Mr. Y. Shilla, Meghalaya for sharing data and pictures on TC Hill banana plantation.

I express my gratitude to Late Dr. Prashant Bhatt, founder Director of Sun Agrigenetics P.Ltd. for making commendable efforts in developing an industrial research centre in Gujarat, always supporting my efforts, and contributing to the commercial plant industry in India. I dedicate this chapter to him.

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Bhatt, D. (2021). Commercial Micropropagation of Some Economically Important Crops. In: Kumar Srivastava, D., Kumar Thakur, A., Kumar, P. (eds) Agricultural Biotechnology: Latest Research and Trends . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2339-4_1

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