Novel Micropropagation System

A Novel Method for Rapid Micropropagation of Pineapple

A novel micropropagation method for pineapple (Ananas comosus L.), based on shoot elongation induced in vitro, was demonstrated for two cultivars. Decapitated in vitro plantlets were used as explants. Shoot etiolation was induced by placing explants in a Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium containing NAA (10 μM) and incubating in darkness at 28C for 30 to 40 days. The mean number of the regenerated...

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...