Twelve new banana varieties stimulate Pakistani banana cultivation

Published Feb 18, 2022

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Pakistan has seen a boost in banana production, thanks to successful tissue culture experiments with Chinese plants imported in 2009. The Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) has developed 12 banana varieties from these imported plants, with over a million harvested in 2012 in the Sindh Province. Two of these strains have been approved for commercial cultivation. The annual banana production in Pakistan is currently 150,000 tons, but this is expected to increase to 700,000 tons in the future with PARC's production and the private sector's tissue plant cultivation. Banana tissue plants are sold in special labs in Karachi and Thatha for 60 and 100 rupees respectively.

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Banana production in Pakistan has increased in recent years after successful experiments with tissue culture from imported Chinese plants. dr. Alam Riaz of the Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) said Pakistan has produced 12 different banana varieties from Chinese plants imported in 2009. Riaz said that a million plants of these varieties were harvested in 2012 in the left bank of Sindh Province and that two of these strains produced extraordinary results that were approved for commercial cultivation by the Sindh Seed Council. “Pakistan produces 150,000 tons of banana per year. Banana production will increase to 700,000 tons in the coming years as PARC produces 50,000 tons and the private sector grows 500,000 to 600,000 tissue plants every year ...

Source: AGF