Question

A nursery manager wants to multiply a large number of genetically identical, disease-free banana plantlets in a short period of time for a commercial plantation project, using a small piece of meristematic tissue placed in a sterile nutrient medium under controlled laboratory conditions, rather than relying on traditional sucker-based propagation, which is slower and carries a higher risk of transmitting soil-borne diseases. Which propagation technique is the manager most likely using?

Q: Answer-A nursery manager wants to multiply a large number of genetically identical, disease-free banana pla...

Micropropagation, or tissue culture, uses a small piece of meristematic tissue cultured in a sterile nutrient medium under controlled laboratory conditions to rapidly multiply large numbers of genetically identical, disease-free plantlets, offering significant advantages in speed and disease control over traditional sucker-based propagation of banana.