It was around 1970, I had just completed a 5-year breeding project aiming at fxing fower colour in gerbera progenies: white, yellow, pink, and red; colour homogeneity was sound, but size and shape still required some improvement. The problem was defnitely resolved by Murashige and Skoog, USA who published a reliable protocol for gerbera micropro- gation. In short, my gerbera seed lines were immediately rendered obsolete by this e- cient cloning system, able to produce millions of plants of a matchless and previously unknown homogeneity, the uniformity of fower shape and colour being the basic requi- ments for the market. The success of micropropagation resulted in a tremendous growth in gerbera fower production worldwide, and this species conquered a leading place in the foriculture industry. This personal experience stresses the impact of micropropagation on the genetic improvement research strategies in ornamentals. Micropropagation has become in- sive , especially in ornamental plant material issues. Today, hundreds of protocols exist; however, only a modest percentage of them are exploited economically. Thus, only micropropagation of plants with a high market price range, like orchids for instance, has proved cost-effective and achieved great success. Micropropagation is a labour-intensive system: hand-power is estimated to rep- sent 60-70% of total costs. This explains the outsourcing of the major labs in developing countries where labour is cheaper. Nevertheless, certain industrial protocols remain a proprietary technology of leading labs, mostly western, with the exception of Japan and Taiwan.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Humana Press Inc.
ISBN-13
9781603273909
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96806335
Product Key Features
Author
Sergio J. Ochatt, Shri Mohan Jain
Publication Name
Protocols for in Vitro Propagation of Ornamental Plants
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Biology
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
254mm
Item Width
178mm
Volume
589
Item Weight
1187g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Methods in Molecular Biology
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Shri Mohan Jain, Sergio J. Ochatt
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