Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Indore is challenging how bamboo has always been grown. Instead of relying only on cuttings and offsets, a government laboratory in the city has produced over 1.12 lakh tissue-cultured
bamboo plants since 2019, marking a significant shift in bamboo propagation within public forestry in Madhya Pradesh.
The production is being carried out at the plant tissue culture laboratory of the Social Forestry Circle, Indore. Official data shows that the facility sold 112,642 tissue-cultured bamboo plants between 2019 and 2025, generating revenue of Rs 31.05 lakh.
Sharing the details, Pradeep Mishra, IFS, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Indore, said tissue culture was adopted to address biological limitations inherent in conventional bamboo propagation.
“Bamboo flowering is irregular, seed availability is unpredictable, and traditional methods like offsets and cuttings restrict how fast plantations can be scaled,” Mishra said. “Tissue culture allows year-round production and predictable supply.”
