In vitro multiplication of banana (Musa spp.) cv. Basrai was studied. Shoot tips were cultured
on Murashige & Skoog basal medium supplemented with 5.0 mg/l BAP. Observations were
recorded at an interval of four weeks for five subculturings. Evaluations were done at each
subculture by counting the number of new shoots produced. Shoot tips coming from different
rhizomes behaved differently under in vitro conditions. Some being highly productive while others
produced less number of shoots. On the average, 124 plants were produced from each shoot tip
after five subculturing.