TR4 which stands for Fusarium wilt caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum has already wiped out many varieties of banana in the world and continues to ravage plantations of sucker grown banana across the world. AKF Plant Sciences is in the process of developing and identifying TR4 resistant strains to beat this fungus.

India is the largest producer and consumer of turmeric in the world. Scientific advances find ever more proof of turmeric benefits leading to increasing usage in pharmaceuticals. AKF plant sciences seeks to develop best varieties with high curcumin content and better field performance and has begun to offer its turmeric tissue culture plants for sale to farmers.

TC grown ornamentals have better appearance, better growth and improved disease resistance. AKF has successfully developed protocols and is now producing various decorative flowering and non flowering plants widely used by nurseries. Using our TC grown indoor and outdoor ornamental plants gives nurseries an edge in the competitive category.

Important in terms of value, the Ginger crop suffers low productivity due to diseases caused from rhizome rot caused by Pythium spp and Ralstonia solanacearum. Our R&D team has developed disease-free TC Ginger selected from elite plants having good taste, disease resistance, and high yields. Ginger tissue culture plants are now available for sale.

Farmers require regular and sufficient availability of quality bamboo plants of known and tested varieties to meet the high demand for edible bamboo, as well as high biomass varieties. At AKF, we are in the process of trialing and breeding new species and arriving at the right protocol for in vitro regeneration of bamboo.