TISSUE CULTURE BANANA (Musa sps.)
Banana and plantain are important staple foods that are critical to the nutritious and economic well being of millions of people throughout the developing word.
TISSUE CULTURE TEAK
(Tectona grandis)
Teak (Tectona grandis), is a genus of Tropical Hard wood trees in the family Verbinaceae, native to the south and southeast of Asia.
Bio Diesel Trees - Pongamia sps.
Pongam is a fast-growing evergreen tree which reaches 40 feet in height and spread, forming a broad, spreading canopy casting moderate shade
TISSUE CULTURE FIG (Ficus carica.)
AG Bioteck is the only organization producing tissue culture Fig plants in India from selected elite Plus Trees (Mother Plants) with desirable characters. AG Bioteck Tissue culture plants are processing and dry fruits.
Improved cultivated Pongamia trees yield
From year-3 it yields pods and production is a mature average of 160kG per tree per year from year-10, through to its life of 100 years.
Ten trees can yield : 400 litres of oil,
: 1200 kg of fertiliser grade oil cake
: 2500kg of biomass as green manure per year.
Biodiesel was prepared from the non-edible oil of Pongamia pinnata by transesterification of the crude oil with methanol in the presence of KOH as catalyst.
A maximum conversion of 92% (oil to ester) was achieved using a 1:10 molar ratio of oil to methanol at 60 C.
Tetrahydrofuran (THF), when used as a co-solvent increased the conversion to 95%.
Solid acid catalysts viz. HB-Zeolite, Montmorillonite K-10 and ZnO were also used for this transesterification.
Important fuel properties of methyl esters of Pongamia oil (Biodiesel) compare well (Viscosity = 4.8 Cst @ 40 C and Flash point = 150 C) with ASTM and German biodiesel standards.