- Have a favorite plant that you would like to mass produce?
- Want to learn a biotechnology technique to teach your
students in science class?
- Need something to do for science fair?
Plant tissue culture involves the sterile growth of plants in bottles for the purpose of
mass production. Through the use of plant hormones and other growth regulators, small
plant parts can be induced to produce hundreds of small "plantlets" which can be
further developed and grown in greenhouses or as house plants.
Using a microwave oven or a pressure cooker, supplies found in your kitchen, plus the
contents of the newly developed "Kitchen Culture Kit©, you can mass
propagate hundreds of your favorite plants in your kitchen or classroom.
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Instructor:
Carol Stiff is a Ph.D. plant tissue culture specialist and president
of Kitchen Culture Kits, Inc., Lufkin, TX |
Tentative Schedule
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| 6:00 p.m. |
Introductions and overview |
| 6:15 p.m. |
Slide presentation on using home tissue
culture methods |
| 7:15 p.m. |
Short break (no beverages allowed at culture
table once hands-on begins) |
| 7:40 p.m. |
Demonstration on how to disinfect plant
material and put into sterile culture, and how to "subculture" plantlets to
fresh medium |
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Hands-on:
Disinfection and culture of African violet leaves and axillary buds
Disinfestation and culture of seeds (time permitting) |
| 8:40 p.m. |
Discuss problems, alternative protocols,
internet connection and webpage resources, finish cultures and pack up cultures and
supplies
*Note: if the workshop is mainly for teachers, we will also discuss how to put together
lesson plans and fit this into your curriculum |
| 9:00 p.m. |
End of workshop |
