INTRODUCTION
In banana, the difficulty to obtain large number
of uniform disease free plants with high
yield potential by the conventional propagation
of techniques is one of the major limiting
factors in increasing productivity. Another
important problem faced by the growers is the
staggered flowering (variability in time of
flowering). Tissue culture technology enabling
the rapid production of a large quantity
of uniform disease free plants from a single
plant showing good genetic potential is gaining
importance in recent days. There is difference
in growth and physiology of tissue
culture plants compared to plants from suckers
especially at different developmental stages.
It was thus essential to make a critical evaluation
of such plants, especially of a leading
commercial variety like Nendran under field
conditions.