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Approaching Mechanization Of Plant Micropropagation, Jeffrey Adelberg, R E. Young, A Hale, N D. Camper
Approaching Mechanization Of Plant Micropropagation, Jeffrey Adelberg, R E. Young, A Hale, N D. Camper
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Investigations of materials and methods for growing plant tissue in a continual-flow, liquid nutrient medium as an alternative to semisolid agar medium have been made. Enhanced growth of plant tissue on microporous
polypropylene membranes floating on a liquid nutrient has been demonstrated. Moreover, in vitro plantlets on the microporous membrane are free from entanglement with the support matrix and readily available to mechanized
handling. Trained growth of plantlets through polypropylene netting shows potential for mechanization by mass handling (separation, singulation, and transfer) of plant tissue cultures.