Question: Banana is propagated
Options:
by stem
by leaf
by seed
by suckers
🔑 Key Points
Banana Propagation:
→ Banana is propagated by suckers.
→ Nearly all cultivated varieties of bananas are seedless, so they are propagated vegetatively.
→ The principal method of propagation is by dividing suckers from the base of the main stem or underground corm.
→ The banana has a reduced underground stem called the rhizome.
→ Each bud on the rhizome sprouts and forms its own pseudostem and a new bulbous rhizome, known as a sucker.
→ A good sucker is free from insects and leaf mottling, with narrow, tapering leaves.
→ Banana belongs to the family Musaceae and genus Musa.
Banana Propagation:
→ Banana is propagated by suckers.
→ Nearly all cultivated varieties of bananas are seedless, so they are propagated vegetatively.
→ The principal method of propagation is by dividing suckers from the base of the main stem or underground corm.
→ The banana has a reduced underground stem called the rhizome.
→ Each bud on the rhizome sprouts and forms its own pseudostem and a new bulbous rhizome, known as a sucker.
→ A good sucker is free from insects and leaf mottling, with narrow, tapering leaves.
→ Banana belongs to the family Musaceae and genus Musa.