Question

When the farmer cultivated Bananas in his field, most of the banana plants were infected by virus. Can you suggest any method for the propagation of healthy virus free banana plants?

Answer 1

Although the plant is infected with virus, the meristem (apical bud) is free of virus. Hence remove the meritstem and grow it into in vitro to obtain virus free plants. Thus large number of healthy plants can be produced within short period by the method of micro propagation.