Commercial Micropropagation

Micropropagation Technology in Early Phases of Commercial Seed Potato Production

Research was carried out on possibilities to improve methods commonly used in commercial potato tissue culture laboratories, predominantly those in Western Canada. The study included: (1) Photoautotrophic micropropagation, (2) Short-term, low temperature (< 12 weeks) storage of plantlets, (3) Production of microtubers (in vitro tubers) and (4) Utilization of microtubers in greenhouse production...

Plant Micropropagation

Ivan Iliev1, Alena Gajdošová2, Gabriela Libiaková2 and Shri Mohan Jain3∗ 1Faculty of Ecology and Landscape Architecture, University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria 2Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology SAS, Nitra, Slovakia 3Plant Breeding Unit, International Atomic Energy Agency, Laboratories Siebersdorf, Vienna, Austria ∗Current address – Department of Applied Biology, University of Hels...

Micropropagation of Anthurium spp

Automatic Micropropagation of Plants

Micropropagation is a sophisticated technique for the rapid multiplication of plants. It has a great commercial potential due to the speed of propagation, the high plant quality, and the ability to produce disease-free plants. However, micropropagation is usually done by hand which makes the process cost-intensive and tedious for the workers especially because it requires a sterile work-place. ...

Bioreactors in coffee micropropagation

In coffee, bioreactors are the most promising way for scaling-up micropropagation processes, particularly somatic embryogenesis. The availability of an efficient somatic embryogenesis process would allow the rapid mass production of heterozygous materials such as selected Coffea canephora clones and F1 Arabica hybrid varieties. For the last fifteen years, bioreactors (mechanically or pneumatica...