1. Introduction
Banana (Musa spp.) is one of the most important members of
the Musaceae family. Bananas are grown in 128 countries with
a total cultivated area of 4.92 million hectares and total world
production of 97.38 million metric tons. India ranked first all
over the world in banana production, which produces 27
million metric tons [20]. Plants which have been propagated
by in vitro tissue culture techniques are known to exhibit a
wide array of genetic and epigenetic variation which is known
as somaclonal variation [7]. Although the causes of genetic
instability are poorly understood, chromosome instability is
believed to be one of the most common causes of tissue culture-
induced variation