Recent content by emmurali

Mr Sivakumar, Please read my arguments in the previous messages to understand what exactly I am against. The only option for farmers and tissue culture companies to prevent fraud or overcharging is to have proper certificates for any claim being made regarding superiority of the tissue culture...

It is precisely because I am a ( "good ":)) scientist working in this area that I am writing about the dangers of tissue culture being misused by unscrupulous companies who sell for unreasonable prices and give unreasonable promises. Please note that I am not saying anything about the...

Re. the message by Mr Sivakumar, I will add that there is a wide variation in cost of tissue culture plantlets of teak that different companies are charging the farmers. Rs 300 in some cases I was told!. Does Mr Sivakumar have an explanation or justification. Rs. 18 or 20 per plant depends on...

As a scientist working in forest tree genetics and tissue culture, I would like to throw some light on the claim that tissue culture of teak ( or any other tree crop) can result in early growth and better yields. Tissue culture is just another clonal propagation method like rooted cuttings ...