Hi, Its Anil again from Plant Biotech, Sunshine Coast, Australia.
By profession I am a plant biotechnologist. I started a small commercial tissue culture laboratory back in New Zealand about four years ago, and started working primarily on Bromeliads. I have worked on lots of ornamental plants before, but this was my first attempt with bromeliads, and I realized that these plants are not as easy to tissue culture. After nearly four years of persistent research and experimenting, I was able to successfully micropropogate a reasonable number of bromeliad varieties and build up the propagated stock. Our main market being Australia, my business partner Paul and I decided to shift our production facilities to Australia to take advantage of the various varieties and hybrids available in the country.
With a good number of existing varieties in culture, and AQIS (Australian Quarantine Inspection Service) accreditation, we are now ready to market our products worldwide - being tissue culture plants, they don’t have any quarantine restrictions, so the market is global.
I am constantly working on new and high-demand varieties, so if you have any that you wish to put into tissue, I’d be happy to discuss it at the conference. If you’re really keen, you can even bring along the starting material - seeds (for species) or pups (for hybrids). You can get info on how to get seeds or pups into Australia from http://www.bromeliadsdownunder.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7
All the varieties you’ll see on our website are just a stepping stone for some great exotic aussie varieties coming out in the future. There are many more varieties currently under propagation and not listed on the website as yet.
We have already tied up with a few breeders in Australia to put their exclusive, genuine 100% Aussie hybrids into tissue.
Just wait and watch, Plant Biotech has much to offer.
I hope to touch base with you at the conference, or better still, even earlier.
Post subject: Tissue Culture Bromeliads – Myths and Facts and some images
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:47 pm
Joined: Sat May 31, 2008 10:22 am Posts: 2
There are a lot of myths and rumours surrounding tissue culture plants.
No doubt you may have heard some dubious reports about tissue-cultured bromeliads. Generally these problems are the result of using the same cultures for too many cycles which, I acknowledge, can lead to problems. Reports have confirmed that it is usually necessary to derive a new culture after a certain number of plants have been removed. But I would like to emphasise that while there have been problems that have caused a certain reluctance to purchase and cultivate tissue-cultured bromeliads, there are also many positives in favour of the process:
1. The main advantage of tissue culture is the production of many plants that are clones of each other. 2. The plants are produced in sterile containers, which allow them to be moved with greatly reduced chances of transmitting diseases, pests, and pathogens. Since they are in sterile flasks, they can be shipped anywhere in the world without any quarantine problems. Around 35 to 50 plants can be fitted in a single flask, thereby reducing the shipping cost drastically. 3. Tissue culture produces disease-free plants. 4. Tissue culture produces rooted plantlets ready for growth, saving time for the grower when seeds or cuttings are slow to establish or grow. 5. Tissue culture can have an extraordinarily high propagation rate, producing thousands of plants, while conventional techniques might only produce a fraction of this number from seeds or pups. 6. Tissue culture often produces more robust plants, leading to accelerated growth, as compared to similar plants produced by conventional methods - like seeds or cuttings. At Plant Biotech, our motto is excellent Quality at a reasonable price so plants from us are always of superior quality, which acclimatize to your conditions quickly, given ideal conditions of temperature, light and humidity.
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