Transcript heritage plant conservation through micropropagation

HERITAGE PLANT
CONSERVATION THROUGH
MICROPROPAGATION
Ros Smith
Duchy College
Rosewarne
[email protected]
Leaf scales removed after
sterilization
Individual florets removed and
soaked in plant growth
hormones
1
2
3
Stages in
regeneration
from ovaries
Regeneration from
ovary and pedicel
Regeneration from
complete floret
Regeneration from
vegetative buds
Rhododendron macabeanum –
Trengwainton form
Rhododendron macabeanum Trewithen form
Magnolia shoots
Jelly culture
Liquid culture
with floral foam
support
Camellia shoots under micropropagation
Hymenoscyphus
ericae
Oidiodendron
maius
GARDENS: 39
TAXA: 800+
GENERA
INCLUDES:
Rhododendron
Magnolia
Menziesia
Camellia
Viburnum
Pieris
We are extremely grateful for the financial support received
from the following gardens and organisations:
Objective 1
Pencarrow
Defra
Bodnant Gardens
Heligan gardens
NCCPG – Devon branch
Caerhays
Cornwall Gardens Trust
NT Trengwainton
Cornwall Garden Society
NT Knightshayes
Lady Boyd Trust
Penjerrick Gardens
Duke of Cornwall Trust
Lamellen Gardens
Carew Pole Trust
Chyverton
The Tanner Trust
Trewithen Gardens
R. arboreum
R. arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum
R. decorum
R. griersonianum
R. griffithianum
R. Sir Charles Lemon
R. thomsonii
R. sino grande
R. Trebah Gem