Canola is important for its oil, anticarcinogenic phytochemicals and low saturated fat content and has wide scope for further improvement through genetic transformations. Micropropagation is the ...

Micropropagation has been around for more than 100 years, but only recently has its full potential been realised. Val Bourne looks at the pros and cons In the lab:micropropagation was originally ...

Explants of three rootstocks Pyrus cummunis L. "Old Home" × "Farmingdale" (OHxF 69,40 and 87) were initiated from branches of field-grown trees on MS medium, MS one-half the NH₄ NO₃ and KNO₃ ...

Regeneration was investigated in non-sterile leaf explants taken from 87 Begonia lines after culturing for up to 10 weeks in vitro on Knop's mineral salts agar medium with no exogenous growth ...

Ron Chapin and Travis Adams utilize micropropagation techniques to grow hazelnut trees for Chapin Farms and other orchards. Propagation has become the major focus at the Ron Chapin hazelnut farm near ...

A scientist at the Tocklai Tea Research Institute (TTRI) here has achieved a major breakthrough in micropropagation of the tea plant by applying the tissue culture technology. Micropropagation is the ...