Tag Archives: In vitro germplasm conservation

urIn vitro sweetpotato germplasm conservation utilizes tissue culture techniques reducing plantlets growth. This is done applying incubation at low temperate. The methods described below allow the medium-term conservation of about 5,500 sweetpotato genotypes, following subculture procedures approximately every one year . 

Tissue culture allows the rapid clonal propagation of a large number of plantlets over a short period, as well as the maintenance of germplasm under controlled conditions in small spaces and with reduced labor requirements. This document describes the advantages, methodologies and materials used for tissue culture at the International …

Operational procedures on in vitro sweetpotato germplasm conservation, which  utilizes tissue culture techniques reducing plantlets growth. This is done applying incubation at low temperature. The methods described allow the medium-term conservation of about 5,500 sweetpotato genotypes, following subculture procedures approximately every one year.

Since 1975, CIP has contributed to developing tissue culture techniques for conserving germplasm of potato and sweetpotato, Andean root and tuber crops. In this report, the authors outline the benefits of in vitro conservation of potato and sweetpotato conservation, the procedures, and some related problems.