A report by the National Bamboo Mission (NBM) committee has highlighted significant issues with tissue culture bamboo plants supplied by private firms, including Growmore Biotech (Hosur, Tamil Nadu), Kala Biotech Pvt Ltd (Pune), and IshVed Biotech Ltd (Pune). The committee found that many of these Bambusa balcooa (Beema bamboo) saplings flowered prematurely and died, leading to substantial losses for farmers. Specifically, approximately 40% of the affected farmers had purchased plantlets from Growmore Biotech, while 20% each had sourced from Kala Biotech and IshVed Biotech. The report suggested that practices adopted in tissue culture laboratories might have contributed to this issue and advised against following the companies’ recommendations to revive the plantations, as such efforts were deemed futile and likely to increase farmers’ losses.
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