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HERITAGE PLANT CONSERVATION THROUGH MICROPROPAGATION. Ros Smith Duchy College Rosewarne ros.smith@duchy.ac.uk. Leaf scales removed after sterilization. Individual florets removed and soaked in plant growth hormones. 1. 2. 3. Stages in regeneration from ovaries.
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HERITAGE PLANT CONSERVATION THROUGH MICROPROPAGATION Ros Smith Duchy College Rosewarne ros.smith@duchy.ac.uk
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
Rhododendron macabeanum – Trengwainton form Rhododendron macabeanum -Trewithen form
Magnolia shoots Jelly culture Liquid culture with floral foam support
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 Defra Heligan gardens Caerhays NT Trengwainton NT Knightshayes Penjerrick Gardens Lamellen Gardens Chyverton Trewithen Gardens Pencarrow Bodnant Gardens NCCPG – Devon branch Cornwall Gardens Trust Cornwall Garden Society Lady Boyd Trust Duke of Cornwall Trust Carew Pole Trust The Tanner Trust
R. arboreum R. arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum R. decorum R. griersonianum R. griffithianum R. Sir Charles Lemon R. thomsonii R. sino grande R. Trebah Gem