Commercial Floriculture

Micro-propagation

• Propagation invitro is a rapid and cheaper method.
• Explants: shoot apices, axillary buds, leaf blade,
• Media; Murashige & skoog’s (BA @2.0mg and NAA @0.1 mg/litre), MS Media: contains 20g sucrose + 6-8 g agar/litre +1 mg IBA
• Usually breeders use this method for faster way of multiplication to bulk up a new variety.
• These are free from pests and diseases.

Drawbacks:
• They take long time for establishment.
• Takes minimum one year to produce saleable flowers.
• These are used for multiplication of pot roses.
• Cost of plantlets is also high.
• Not commonly used in rose propagation.