Nursery culture

Plant tissue culture technique is one of the promising tools to ensure sustainable use of plant resources. There are three main strategies used in the biotechnological application of medicinal plants. The first is micropropagation for mass production of nurseries, the second is synthetic/artificial production of secondary metabolites of medicinal value and the third is molecular breeding for crop improvement. 

Today, in our secular society, it is perhaps difficult to fully appreciate the importance of the vicarage in rural Europe as a nursery for future scientists and the bearer of an intellectual tradition in the rather austere cultural climate that prevailed there two centuries ago. At least, this was certainly true for Sweden, situated as it was in the outskirts of Europe, far from the cultural highroads. 

Closed-cycle hatchery production of tuna 487 15.3.5 Weaning and nursery culture... 

Preservation of Biodiversity. Tissue culture methods for propagation have been a great boon for the proliferation of medicinal plants, heritage varieties, and stock for habitat restoration. Orchids and cycads, which are difficult to propagate from seed, are under tremendous pressure from collectors who encourage poaching in nature preserves. Modern nursery propagation helps protect these vulnerable species. 

Accordingly, by changing the culture media from agar to a thermo-responsive gel, the same substrate can be used from culture to nursery, thereby allowing a continuous process and automation. It demonstrated significant reduction in costs and improvement in the quality of the seedlings. 

Rudolph, T.D. 1966b. Stimulation of earlier flowering and seed production in jack pine seedlings through greenhouse and nursery culture. Pp. 80-83 in Proceedings of the 2nd Genetics Workshop of the Society of American Foresters and the 7th Lake States Forest Tree Improvement Conference, USDA Forest Service North Central Forest Experiment Station Research Paper NC-6. 

Bacteria are the principal and most significant pathogens in cultured and wild finfish and shellfish worldwide. In aquaculture, bacteria occur in nurseries, during rearing and in grow-out ponds, causing heavy mortalities and serious economic losses to farmers. The important bacterial diseases in... 

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