Effect of sterilants on explant of Red Banana (Musa acuminata) cv. Lal Velchi in-vitro plantlets regeneration

The present study on ‘Effect of sterilants on explants of Red Banana (Musa acuminata) cv. Lal Velchi in-vitro plantlets regeneration’ through shoot tip culture of suckers from mother plant aimed to standardize surface sterilization for establishment. As the red banana species highly prone to microbial contamination, resulting to death of explants. Therefore present investigation was performed on surface sterilization of shoot tip before inoculation. The treatments of different combination of sterilants on explant of cv. Lal velchi was done and contamination percentage was recorded during an experiment.