Indonesia: Tissue culture to overcome scarcity of porang seeds

Published 2021년 3월 16일

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The demand for porang tubers in Indonesia is increasing due to their economic value, but the lack of sufficient seeds has led to high prices and limitations on cultivation. In response, the Agricultural Research and Development Agency (Balitbangtan) is implementing tissue culture techniques to propagate porang seeds, aiming to ensure quality and availability. This method allows for mass production in a short time, without seasonal restrictions, and produces uniform seeds that are pest and disease-free. The faster growth of plants cultivated using growth regulators in vitro is an additional advantage.
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My farm - Currently porang cultivation is increasingly in demand by Indonesians. This is due to the economic value of these tubers which continues to increase from year to year. Unfortunately, the high public interest in porang cultivation is not supported by an adequate supply of porang seeds. As a result, the price of porang seeds is quite expensive. Usually, farmers use frogs / bulbil or seeds on porang flowers as seeds. However, it turns out that this method is still considered ineffective because the demand for seeds is quite large. To maintain quality and ensure availability of seeds, porang seeds will now be propagated using tissue culture techniques. Reporting from the page R & D.pertanian.go.id, the main expert researcher of the Agricultural Research and Development Agency (Balitbangtan), Dr. Ika Roostika Tambunan said that porang is a type of tubers with high economic value. These tubers are usually exported in the form of chips or flour. Ika explained that currently the ...
Source: Pertanianku

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