The Banana Micropropagation Project

The Banana Micropropagation Project was the second project of the the Plant Biotech lab. With this, we aim to provide clean virus-free planting materials to farmers and also to mass produce economically important banana cultivars. There has been a need to produce banana seedlings for the Philippines' Food Security initiative as bananas are easy to grow and is sustainable. The project concentrates on the cultivars: Saba (Cardaba variety), Cavendish, and Lakatan, however, it aims to include other Philippine banana cultivars in its conservation efforts.

The project provides seminar workshops, trainings, culture services, as well as seedlings for interested parties.


For more information, contact us at:

The Plant Biotech & Urban Agriculture Project
c/o The Research & Development Center
Rizal Technological University
Boni Avenue, Mandaluyong City
E-mail: rdc_rtu@yahoo.com or
plantbiotech_rtu@yahoo.com

landline (+632) 534-8267 Local 135
Fax (+632) 534-9710

An Overview of our Project

Welcome to the Plant Biotechnology and Urban Agriculture Project of Rizal Technological University!

The projects were created and established through the Philippines' Agriculture Modernization Program and its thrusts are to promote plant tissue culture as one of the biotechnological tools in mass producing disease-free high value crops and also to promote urban gardening in the metropolis as well as promote agriculture in the country side. The project initially focused on orchid propagation and research, banana mass propagation and also urban vegetable gardening. Aside from research, the project also promotes its activities through trainings and seminars, both for its students as well as interested plant hobbyists and farmers.

The Project Team is composed of Prof. Alexander Quilang - Project Leader, Norberto Bautista, & Jovita Anit

The project has published some materials which includes:

The Urban Gardener Newsletter Series (with samples below):
http://www.scribd.com/doc/20100930/The-Urban-Gardener-1
http://www.scribd.com/doc/16680433/The-Urban-Gardener-2
http://www.scribd.com/doc/16680448/Urban-Gardener-No3

As of February 2011, there are currently 28 issues already. (please search through www.scribd.com our publications with keywords: the urban gardener

The Urban Gardener is an official electronic publication (in PDF Format) of the Plant Biotechnology Project, Research & Development Center, Rizal Technological University, Boni Avenue, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. It is published monthly.
and

The RTU Orchid Micropropagation Guidebook
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30612218/The-Rtu-Orchid-Micro-Propagation-Guidebook

For more information, contact us at:

The Plant Biotech & Urban Agriculture Project
c/o The Research & Development Center
Rizal Technological University
Boni Avenue, Mandaluyong City
E-mail: rdc_rtu@yahoo.com or
plantbiotech_rtu@yahoo.com

landline (+632) 534-8267 Local 135
Fax (+632) 534-9710