R&D
Emphasis

• The main R&D emphasis is banana germplasm improvement using a broad spectrum of genetic tools i.e. selection, induced mutagenesis and recombinant DNA technology.
• Another important activity of R&D is directed towards improvement of industrial tissue culture technologies such as development of methods for the control of contaminating microbes, early detection and elimination of somaclonal variation, reduction of labor and fixed costs in production etc.  
• Proprietary rights (mostly protected by patents) on germplasm and technologies.
• Ownership of generic technologies for delayed ripening, nematode and fungal resistance, clonal selection, modulation of pigmentation and gene silencing.