Banana Research Station, Kannara
Research institute in Kerala, India
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Banana Research Station, Kannara is a research Station under the Central Zone of Kerala Agricultural University at Kannara in Thrissur district of Kerala, India.
Established1963
Fieldof research
Banana and banana-based cropping systemsLocationKannara, Kerala, 680652, India
10.5378°N 76.3199°E
10.5378°N 76.3199°E
Operating agency
Kerala Agricultural Universityബനാന റിസർച്ച് സ്റ്റേഷൻ, കണ്ണറ | |
| Established | 1963 |
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Field of research | Banana and banana-based cropping systems |
| Location | Kannara, Kerala, 680652, India 10.5378°N 76.3199°E |
Operating agency | Kerala Agricultural University |
| Website | brskannara |
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This research station was established in 1963 to carry out research on bananas and pineapples. The station was brought under the All India Co-ordinated Fruit Improvement Project of the ICAR in 1970.
When Kerala Agricultural University was established in 1972, Banana Research Station, Kannara was taken over by KAU. This station successfully developed tissue culture banana farming in 2011.[1]