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Anthurium Programme |
Historical |
a) Anthurium Breeding: | A FARC/AREU collaborative Research & Development project, |
funded by FARC |
This is a long term project which started in May 2000, with crossing between local and imported Anthurium varieties, performed by researchers of AREU. Mature spadixes (Anthurium flowers) were collected by FARC technical staff from the Shade House, Crop Research Stations , Réduit.
After the first phase, i.e, protocol research and development for zygotic embryogenesis of Anthurium, zygotes of the various crosses were initiated under in-vitro conditions for production of in-vitro plantlets.
A total of 5690 hardened plants were produced, hardened and delivered free of charge by the FARC Tissue Culture Laboratory & Nursery to AREU, for field evaluation and agronomic characterization.
The outcome so far of the above work has been the production of five new Anthurium varieties, namely Ceres, Achilles, Luna, Juno and Icarus, that were released by AREU and were given to FARC for micro-propagation in September 2006.
Mother plants of these 5 varieties were collected from the shade house of AREU and in-vitro work started soon after. Three varieties namely Ceres, Achilles & Icarus have been successfully initiated and multiplied. A total of 957 hardened plants (300 Ceres, 262 Achilles & 395 Icarus) have been supplied free of charge to AREU up to now. The price of these plants is Rs 15/potted plant.
Present Situation |
Mother plants of two new varieties, coded as MA (Midori x Acropolis) and MN (Midori x Nitta), were collected from the Shade House, Crop Research Stations, Réduit in April 2008 for initiation of trials on in-vitro callus induction, callus regeneration & plantlets multiplication.
b) Anthurium (Contractual Micropropagation) |
The steps involved in the project are as follows:
- Request made by grower to FARC for propagation of the variety(ies) selected by the grower
a) Experimental Stage
b) Production Stage
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