Tissue culturing of taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schsott) in in-vitro conditions.

Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) is an ancient and important vegetatively propagated root crop species belonging to the monocotyledonous family Araceae. It is the fourteenth most consumed vegetable worldwide and is grown primarily in humid tropical regions of the world. Taro is a tropical plant grown primarily as a vegetable food for its edible corm, ans secondly as a leaf vegetable. Plant tissue techniques have become powerful tool for conservation of most of the important horticultural crops, which provide the nutritional security. Taro is considered to be a less adaptive crop because of its predominant vegetative propagation and its requirement for high fertility soil.