Micropropogation
HARC operates a micropropagation facility using plant tissue culture techniques to multiply stock plants in vitro. This system produces high numbers of robust and disease-free clonal plants in a relatively short time.
Micropropagation begins with a grower providing healthy stock plant material for propagation. After the stock plant is sterilized, explants or small sections are placed into culture vessels. Plants are maintained in clean environment rooms (888 square feet) which are temperature-controlled and also on a programmable light regime. Media used to grow the plants can be either liquid or solid, depending on the plant. A high efficiency temporary immersion system (RITA) is also used. In this system plants are maintained in vessels, which at timed intervals, are then flooded with liquid media. The plants are multiplied in culture and finally they are rooted. Plants can be supplied to growers either in vitro or they can be "hardened" and provided as larger rooted ex vitro plants. Hundreds or thousands of plants can be produced from the original stock material depending on a grower's requirements.
HARC provides plants to growers within the state of Hawaii and also exports to other states and countries. Currently the plants in culture are sugarcane, banana, coffee, papaya, pineapple, taro, anthurium and orchid. At present, sugarcane and banana account for most of the plants and annually more than 50,000 plants are supplied to growers.
A dedicated team of four scientists undertakes the micropropagation work. Collectively they have 38 years experience of plant tissue culture.
New projects are always welcome and the group is happy to work with plants which they have not grown before.
For nquiries please contact:
Dr. Ming-Li Wang
Phone: (808) 621-1389
Email: [email protected]
Micropropagation begins with a grower providing healthy stock plant material for propagation. After the stock plant is sterilized, explants or small sections are placed into culture vessels. Plants are maintained in clean environment rooms (888 square feet) which are temperature-controlled and also on a programmable light regime. Media used to grow the plants can be either liquid or solid, depending on the plant. A high efficiency temporary immersion system (RITA) is also used. In this system plants are maintained in vessels, which at timed intervals, are then flooded with liquid media. The plants are multiplied in culture and finally they are rooted. Plants can be supplied to growers either in vitro or they can be "hardened" and provided as larger rooted ex vitro plants. Hundreds or thousands of plants can be produced from the original stock material depending on a grower's requirements.
HARC provides plants to growers within the state of Hawaii and also exports to other states and countries. Currently the plants in culture are sugarcane, banana, coffee, papaya, pineapple, taro, anthurium and orchid. At present, sugarcane and banana account for most of the plants and annually more than 50,000 plants are supplied to growers.
A dedicated team of four scientists undertakes the micropropagation work. Collectively they have 38 years experience of plant tissue culture.
New projects are always welcome and the group is happy to work with plants which they have not grown before.
For nquiries please contact:
Dr. Ming-Li Wang
Phone: (808) 621-1389
Email: [email protected]