Plant Tissue Culture Links
Please contact me if you have a webpage that is useful to tissue culturists and you would like it listed here (free).

 
Basics Plant Tissue Culture Exchange (Extremely Valuable!)
  Recommended Sites for Beginners
  Plant Tissue Culture at the University of Liverpool
http://www.liv.ac.uk/~sd21/tisscult/introduction.htm
  Designing a Lab
  Ron de Fossard
  Chemical Safety Information
(MSDS and more)
  MSDS Sites
  MSDS search engine from Cornell
http://msds.pdc.cornell.edu/msdssrch.asp
  Merck MSDS in several languages: 
http://www.chemdat.de/
  Giberrellic Acid
  Sterilizing paper in ovens in section "Your convection
oven kills bugs too"  http://glider.yage.net/aseptic.html
  Australian Horticulture:  In Vitro Soil for second stage/difficult to propagate woody plants
http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/results.pasp?pid=1&search=IVS
  Cryopreservation protocols for different kinds of tissue of banana
(meristems, proliferating shoot tip cultures, embryogenic cell suspension cultures and zygotic embryos ):
http://www.inibap.org/publications/technicalguidelines/guideline_eng.htm
  Protocols:  PDF files from books in plant virology, molecular biology, plant tissue culture (mainly potato)
http://www.cipotato.org/Training/Materials/publications.htm
  Role of abscisic acid in leaf abscission
http://www.saps.org.uk
  BAP-10 Source:
R. A. "Chris" Christiansen, RAC Enterprises
2018 Hidden Pine Lane. Apopka  FL  32712
(407) 880-8848
  Physan: Control of contaminants
http://www.physan.com/PAGES/home.html#Anchor-The-11481
  Molar Calculations:
http://www.appliedbiosystems.com/support/techtools/pcrreaction/
  Conversion Tables:  HOSTA LIBRARY or
Conversions Conversions
   
Education High School Links to Biology (Colleen Fiegel)
  Plant Tissue Culture Techniques - Online
www.kitchenculturekit.com/onlineinfo.htm
  Access Excellence
  Biotech Videos
  International Plant Genetic Research Institute (Training, fellowships, more)
  North Dakota Biotech Club
  Teaching Plant Tissue Culture: University of Liverpool
http://www.liv.ac.uk/~sd21/tisscult/introduction.htm
  Aquariums in the Classroom Curriculum
  Iowa Biotech
  Agritech Publications (Plant TC Books)
  Microbiology Online
(www.microbiologyonline.org.uk)
  Genetics Animations
http://www.genetics.gsk.com/overview.htm
  Plant GM Technology (free access)
http://www.blackwell-science.com/tpj/gm
  Global Biotech Science News (request free newsletter)   marcia.n.vincent@monsanto.com
  SIVB Education Committee
  Science Activities for teachers:
http://www.heldref.org/html/sa.html
  Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology
www.Pewagbiotech.org
  Safe Science Guide
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/SciSafety.pdf
  Bio-Link Clearninghouse
http://www.bio-link.org/GMP/highschool2.htm
If you have trouble opening this page, a reminder that you must be a subscriber.  Registration is free and easy.  Go to http://www.bio-link.org/resSubscribe.htm
  Current Topics in Biotechnology Series: Biopharmaceuticals
http://www.arc.losrios.cc.ca.us/~biotech/  
  VaTech:  http://www.biotech.vt.edu/~tmhorn/PTC/ptcindex.html
  Carolina Biological:  http:www.carolina.com (Go to Plant Tissue Culture, then Careers)
   
Meetings Plant Biotechnology Symposium
Argentina, October 2002

ayuda@biotecnologiavegetal.com
http://www.biotecnologiavegetal.com/intro.htm
  Global Biotech Science News (request free newsletter)   marcia.n.vincent@monsanto.com
  National Association of Bioloty Teachers, October 2000
www.nabt.org
   
Books Books and Periodical Agency
http://www.bpagency.com/pages/Plants.htm
  Sigma
http://www.sigma-aldrich.com/books
  Agritech Publications
   
Research Centers Information Systems for Biotech
(VPI&SU)
  Plant Tissue Culture (Minnesota)
  Wisconsin Biotechnology
  International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
  BC Research, Inc.
  GrowMore Biotech (India)
  Foundation Plant Materials Service
  ILTAB/Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
  International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
  Arbutus Life Sciences (Canada)
  RedBio/FAO
http://rlc.fao.org/redes/redbio/html/home.htm
   
Training

These labs gave me permission to list them as possible sites for short term hands-on
plant tissue culture training.  Please contact the individuals listed to determine if you
have mutual interests and if a training session or project can be arranged.
Contact me if you need assistance finding a training site.    
Note that you will have to provide your own funding.

  Philip White Memorial Award for Tissue Culture Training (funding source)
  MissVitro Plant Tissue Culture Lab
John and Laura Lanier
Route 9  Box 908
Burnsville, NC  28714   USA
(828) 682-4174
jlanier@yancey.main.nc.us
http://www.gardensights.com/MissVitro/
  Dr. Saifullah Khan
Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology lab.
H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry
University of Karachi, Pakistan
drsaif@super.net.pk
  Treub Laboratory
Address: Ir. H. Juanda 22, Bogor 16122.  Indonesia.
herbogor@indo.net.id

irawati@indosat.net.id
  Dr. Gerry Douglas
Teagasc, Kinsealy Research Centre
Malahide Rd. Dublin 17
Ireland
353 1 8460644  Fax:353 1 8460524
gdouglas@kinsealy.teagasc.ie
  Dr. JUSTO L. GONZALEZ-OLMEDO
Senior Researcher
Cell and Tissue Cultures Lab
Center of Bioplantas, University of Ciego de Avila,  Cuba, CP 69450
justo@bioca.unica.cu
gonzalezjusto@hotmail.com

http://www.cubaciencia.cu/
 

Dr. Josekutty PC
Micronesia Plant Propagation Research Center (MPPRC)
Box 1000, Kosrae, FM 96944
ptculture@mail.fm

  International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Database
   
Commercial Kitchen Culture Kit - manual, supplies, media, kit, CD, workshops
  Phytotechnology Labs (media, supplies; accepts online orders)
  Caisson Laboratories (media, chemicals, etc.)
  PPM:  Plant Cell Technology
  Carolina Biological (media, kits, supplies, free shipping; online ordering)
  Handheld pH Meter - SB22540M
http://www.enasco.com   
  Nordic Ware Micro-Go-Round (Great Warranty)
  Western Biologicals Ltd. - New Hands-on Workshop, supplies
  Austratec (John Lunghusen) - Australian Distributor- PhytoTechnology Labs
  Vendors Who Sell Tissue Cultures to Hobbyists
  Precision Weighing Balances (New and Used)
  FloraLab   Distributor for Italy of Agdia e PhytoTechnologies Laboratories
  PhytoCultures, Ltd.  http://www.phytocultures.com/about.html
  Midas Plant Laboratories
  The Garden Path Nursery (seeds)
  Polybag culture system:
www.tissuecon.com
  Magenta Corporation (B-caps, etc)
Fax 773-777-4055     
Phone 773-777-5050
  Marine BioProducts, an agar and agar related products manufacturer based in Vancouver.   Hans Van Niekerk, Marketing Manager
Marine BioProducts Inc.  604-253-2408  
www.marbio.com
  German laboratories:  www.mnd.fh-wiesbaden.de/adivk
Under "Mitglieder" you will find almost all addresses of German tissue culture labs. The commercial ones are listed as "Unternehmen".
  Sunshine Farm and Gardens
  Pineapple in vitro-plants for sale
Doris Escalante  descalante@bioca.unica.cu
  Other Plant Tissue Culture Supply Companies
   
Societies/
Publications
Society for In Vitro Biology
  The International Association for Plant Tissue Culture
  Botanic Gardens Micropropagations News
  American Horticulture Society
  Springer: Journal Article Search
  African Violets Home Page
  Tropical Fruits
  Ag Biotech Support Project (World Biotech, Reports, Biotech Primer)
  Planta Medica: 
http://www.thieme.com/SID2040873192129/journals/pubid-1019644585.html
  Cropbiotech Net   http://www.isaaa.org/kc
  American Society for Horticultural Science
  AgBiotechNet
  Horticulture Online
  Ingenta  www.ingenta.com 
  AgBioForum:
http://www.agbioforum.org/
   

Antimicrobial
Agents

Nystatin
http://www.unc.edu/depts/tcf/fungus.htm
  PPM
http://www.ppm4plant-tc.com
   
Polyploidy Inducers Surflan A.S. is found in the US in some Lowe's Hardware Garden Centers and at Hummert Intl. out of Earth City, Missouri.    Surflan is oryzalin .... 40.4%, inert ingredients 59.6% .  The cost was a few cents shy of $ 30.00 US per quart (.946 liters)  See Home Tissue Culture Archives at yahoo.com for more information
Homemade Laminar Flow Hoods http://home.neo.lrun.com./kuska/holmes_hap.htm
  HEPA filters:  305 x 610 x 78mm
http://www.luftfilterbau.de/English/e-pdf/E9D01-Mikro-SF.pdf
And this is the website of the company who sells them:
http://www.luftfilterbau.de/English/E-Schwebstoff/Sfilter.htm
  ESCO  (hepa filters)          http://www.sefalabfurn.com/Esco.htm
  Workshop includes building a hood:  Contact Bill Chalmers
at Western Biologicals.   western@prismnet.bc.ca
   
Hoods for sale The price is $1250.   Units are 50.5" wide,  34.25" deep, and 59" high.  Please call me at 281-412-2595 to discuss.   Gordon Sanderson   gordon@insync.net  281-412-2595
 

Portable Laminar Flow Hood:    'STERIFLOW' portable bio-safe cabinet is given in attached annexure.  We await your valued orders. On our part, we assure you of our best services and prompt attention.       Rescholar Equipment, 85-HSIDC Industrial Estate, Ambala Cantonment (India).      phone : 0091-171-699883, FAX : 0091-171-699169, e-mail : rescholar@glide.net.in.    

  PhytoCultures, Ltd.  http://www.phytocultures.com/about.html
(Portable, fold-up hood will be available soon)
   
Used Equipment
For Sale
http://www.kitchenculturekit.com/usedequipment.htm
   
TC Kit Kitchen Culture Kits, Inc.
Grafting Kit http://www.gate.net/~tfnews/graftkit.htm, www.gate.net/~tfnews
www.quisqualis.org
Video TC Plant Tissue Culture Video by Dr. Acram Taji - Description
Contact University Book Store
  Plant Tissue Culture Video by Pam Weathers Group: http://www.kitchenculturekit.com/biotechvideo.htm
Video-Biotech Biotechnology Videos by Pam Weathers Group: http://www.kitchenculturekit.com/biotechvideo.htm
Temporary Immersion System Cirad
Bioreactors Agricultural University of Athens     www.embio.org
  Osmotek Ltd.    www.osmotek.com
  Liquid propagation techniques:www.cost843.org
   

 

Species Sites

Arabidopsis Hokkaido University - Arabidopsis Research
  Meyerowitz Lab of Arabidopsis Research
  http://www.arabidopsis.org/abrc/
   
Banana Keith Benson's Banana Page
  Sherwood Exotics
  The Banana Tree
  Banana Garden   http://www.bananagarden.com
   
Bamboo American Bamboo Society
  John Woods
http://esi.athenstn.com/wwt/wwt.html
  Dr. Anil Sood ( Scientist E-II)
Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology
PostBox no-6, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India
e-mail anil_sood@indiatimes.com
Director@csihbt.ren.nic.in
Fax no 91-1894-30433
   
Cactus Seeds from Succulent Plants (Doug and Vivi Rowland)
   
Carnivorous Craig Gardner's Incredible Pages
http://www.cbc3001.com/cptc/
  Carnivorous Web
  Kamil Pasek Home Page
  Nepenthes Cultures/Seed
  Peter Cole's Carnivorous Plants
  Tissue Culture in the Kitchen (Rick   Walker) http://www2.labs.agilent.com/botany/cp/slides/tc/tc.htm
  Phil Wilson's Carnivorous Plant Page
  Allen Lowrie Seeds
  Peter Cole: CP Protocols
  Carnivorous Plants (Seeds, Plants, Photos) by Jean de Witte
  Cook's Carnivorous Plants
  ICPS Seed Bank
  California Carnivores
  Czech Exotic Plant Society for Carnivorous Plants
  Carnivorous Plant Database
Tutorial by Rick Walker (Excellent!)
   
Daylily Heavenly Gardens 
 

Wessel Nursery, Virginia Beach, VA. 23464
jwessel@infi.net   Fax 757-424-6435
www.hostatissueculture.com

  Historic Daylily Registry http://members.tripod.com/historicdaylily0/
Species images/data  http://members.tripod.com/daylily6/Species/Species.htm
Daylily image robin    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DL_Images/
Daylily page   http://members.tripod.com/daylily6/
Regular home page (french) http://pages.infinit.net/legerr/
Ronald Leger  rleger@videotron.ca
   
Ferns Micropropagation of Ferns
   
Hibiscus http://www.hibiscus.org
   
Hosta Q and Z Nursery
  Hosta Haven
  http://www.gardensights.com/MissVitro/
  http://www.HostaLibrary.org
  http://www.shadyoaks.com/home.html
  http://www.winterberryfarms.com/
  BA induces shoot formation in hosta:
http://home.okstate.edu/Okstate/dasnr/hort/hortlahome.nsf/toc/cole4
 

Wessel Nursery
Virginia Beach, VA. 23464
jwessel@infi.net   Fax 757-424-6435
www.hostatissueculture.com

  Jim Anderson
Rowen Gardens and Winterberry Farms TC
http://RowenGardens.com 
  www.hosta.org
   
Mushroom Online Mushroom Community  www.theomc.com 
  http://www.mycelia.be
  http://www.kitchenculturekit.com/Mushroom/index.htm
   
Orchids Orchid Seed Sowing Manual (Barry Cohen)
  InvitroLabs  (Peter W Spear) Specialising in Ericacious Plants and Orchids; Specializing in Australian Cool   Growing Orchids.. Phone 0064 9 813 0577, invitro@ihug.co.nz
  Tissue Quick Plant Laboratories containers, filter discs, and more   TQPLlab@awinthrop.freeserve.co.uk
  Akerne Orchids
  Blue Pagoda Orchids (includes sales to hobbyists)
  Alan Bickell's Orchids
  Orchids of La Joya
  Peter and Harriet Spear's InVitro Labs
  Rescue and Propagation of Orchids (A Non-Sterile Method)
  Vengers' Orchid Flasking
  G & B Orchids (Plants, seeds, chemicals, media, lab equipment)
  Barry Gardner's "Growing Orchids in Australia" including "Simple Orchid Flasking", Advanced Orchid Flasking" and growing the Catasetinae family  with lots of photos.   Includes green pod maturation times
http://members.iinet.net.au/~barryg/
  The Orchid Seedbank Project  (Aaron Hicks)
  www.easyorchids.com
  www.growmorebiotech.com
  Troy Meyer's Conservatory - Orchid Flasking Service
  Orchid Web
  Lottie and Thomas Orchideen (Great Resources!!)
  ftp://ftp.nmt.edu/pub/orchids/flasking
  http://www.orchidsource.com/GBSeedManual.html
  http://www.ceiba.org/elpahuma/propagation.htm (there is a good manual to download)
  http://www.med-rz.uni-sb.de/med_fak/physiol2/disa/orchid.htm
  http://www.orchid-guide.com/propagation/Growing_from_seed.htm
  http://www.rbgkew.org.uk:80/ksheets/orchid-prop.html
  http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/hort400/orchid/orchid1.html
  Colchicine and Orchids
  Thomas Ederer:  info about parts of the flowers that can help you to pollinate Paphios.  "Seed germination" and then "How can I get some seeds?"   http://www.8ung.at/ederer_thomas/orchideen/
   
Palms/Cycads http://www.teaket.com/
  Morrison's Palms and Cycads
  Palmdat Website
  SAPAD for Palm Increase
   
PawPaw http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/webres4.html
  Nair, S., P.K. Gupta, and A.F. Mascarenhas. 1984a. In vitro propagation of Annona hybrid (Annona squamosa L. x Annona cherimola L.). Indian J. Hort. 41:160-165.

Nair, S., P.K. Gupta, M.V. Shirgurkar, and A.F. Mascarenhas. 1984b. In vitro organogenesis from leaf explants of Annona squamosa Linn. Plant Cell Tissue Organ Culture 3:29-40.
   
Plumeria http://www.ghgcorp.com/beyer/plumeria.htm
   
Rose Dr. Henry Kuska's Anther/Rose Culture Pages
   
Strawberry http://fpms.ucdavis.edu/Strawberry/strawprice.html
  SORVARI,S., ULVINEN, S., HIETARANTA, T. and HIIRSALMI, H. 1993. Preculture medium promotes direct shoot regeneration from micropropagated strawberry leaf disks. HortScience 28:55-57.  See:  www.ashs.org
   
Tropical Plants Tropica Tissue Culture Laboratory (Aquatic Plants)
  Tropical Plant Sources
   
Woody Plants Tissue Culture of Woody Plants (Texas A&M)
  Tissue Culture of Australian Plants (Includes books, video)
   

 

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