Our Tissue Culture Pineapple Plants

AKF's tissue culture pineapple plants are very popular with small-holder farmers as only 1 acre can produce about 18-20 metric ton of Pineapple and the average harvest time of this crop is around 14 - 15 month. AKF is currently offering these varieties:

Tissue Culture Pineapple MD2

Considered by the industry as standard all over the world and most suitable for processing. Tissue cultured plantlets are the most suitable planting material in pineapple cultivation because they are not contaminated with common pathogens and tolerant to mealy bugs, nematodes, wilt disease, heart and root rot. Our pineapple plants have several advantages:

  • Uniform yield, and even, uniform fruit weighing 1.3 to 2 kgs
  • Spineless darker green leaves, and fast growth
  • Pulp is sweeter and more complex than most market varieties such as Queen, and has less fiber
  • Contains four times more vitamin C than regular varieties but less has less acidity
  • Ripens evenly and naturally
  • MD2 pineapple has a long shelf life of 30 days after harvest as against 21 days for the other varieties and able to survive in cold storage for up to 2 weeks

Starter Cultures

Starter or Multiplying cultures available for sale for tissue culture laboratories wanting to buy reliable mother cultures which are virus indexed, with (parent material) elite plants available in fie

Ex Agar Plants

Ex Agar Plants are fully rooted and graded tissue cultures which need to be hardened further in a greenhouse. Recommended for importers as they have good survival during international delivery and buy

Net Pot

These plants are primary hardened in elle pot plugs or trays with mainly cocopeat as growing media. This is customizable on buyers’s request and is suitable for both local and international shipping of tissue culture plants

Secondary Hardened Plants

Secondary hardened plants ready for field planting, available as plugs or bags , in cocopeat or other potting mixer.