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Would you propagate from these plants or buy liners that were propagated from them?

Anemone with foliar nematode.jpg (126272 bytes) Creeping Phloxstem & bulb nematode.jpg (156443 bytes) Phlox with Alfalfa Mosaic Virus.jpg (48256 bytes) Stokes Aster with cucumber mosaic virus.jpg (60301 bytes)
Foliar nematode symptoms on Anemone

Photo by: Ethel Dutky  ©2002 Horticopia, Inc.		 Stem & bulb nematode on Creeping Phlox

Photo by Ethel Dutky   ©2002 Horticopia, Inc.		 Alfalfa mosaic virus on Phlox

Photo by: David Clement ©2002 Horticopia, Inc.		 CPhoto by Ethel Dutky   ©2002 Horticopia, Inc.

If you would.......think again!

Every year propagators and growers experience economic losses due to pathogens and pests in stock plants and liners that have a few blemishes here and there. Often plants grown under ideal conditions do not exhibit obvious symptoms until they are stressed by such factors as propagation, temporary drought, or dormancy. These plants may exhibit slow growth, unsightly lesions or death after a period of time making the nursery manager feel that he has done something wrong when the problem really stems from a diseased stock plant.  

Not only are obvious plant losses incurred but there is far more damage to your nursery's reputation.

Producing healthy plants is a must for any nursery that is concerned about the bottom line.

Tissue culture is an important tool in providing clean stock to propagators by:

  • Eradicating viruses, nematodes, bacteria and fungus from stock plants using techniques such as meristem culture if no "clean" plants can be found.
  • Maintaining disease free plant material in vitro and therefore away from pathogens and insect vectors.

  • Providing stock plants to nurseries from indexed cultures on a schedule that best suits their production and labor needs.

Contact us for more information on our clean stock plant program at phytacell@delhitel.net

The above images were contributed by Horticopia, providers of horticultural software references of plant pictures and data designed exclusively for the green industry.    

 

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