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Micropropagation for chrysanthemum
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| Application / Use: | Rapid multiplication of elite chrysanthemum cultivars with a very high multiplication potential | |
| Input Needed: | Requirements include general tissue culture facility and that for hardening / acclimatization. | |
| Output Capacity: | Over 1 million plants per year | |
| Specific Benefits: | Commercial entrepreneurship for higher income | |
| Unit Cost: | Production cost = Rs. 2-4 per plant (approx.) if facilities for tissue culture production exists already; Not yet commercialized; Needs scaling up | |
| Description: | This is a tissue-culture based method. Facilitates rapid multiplication of chrysanthemum and is particularly suitable for shy suckering elite clones and or the rapid stock bulking of new cultivars and introductions. | |
| Developed By: | Dr. Pious Thomas, Senior Scientist, Division of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore-560 089; email: pioust@iihr.ernet.in | |
| Contact Person: | Director, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessarghatta Lake, Bangalore-560 089 Tel: 080-28466420-24 (ext. 200); Fax: 080-28466291; Email: director@iihr.ernet.in | |
| Institute: | IIHR, Banglore | |