AUTOMIZATION OF TISSUE CULTURE SYSTEM A SUMMARY OF SELECTED DEVELOPMENT

  • Moon, J.G. (Ph.D. Center for Agrimation Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials)
  • Published : 1996.06.01

Abstract

Tissue culture, or micropropagation , is being used for the vegetative multiplication of several hundred millions of superior plants annually for horticulture and forestry. It is often more expensive than other forms of propagation using cuttings or seeds, because it is labor intensive and more specialized . The aim of automation is to reduce the cost per plantlet by reducing labor input, and finally, to yield profit, as business activity . Labor usually account for 70-80% of th ein vitro and ex vitro cost. This paper aspects of tissue culture automization , such as technical and economical approaches in view of automization.

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