Technologies
Title: | Micropropagation of gerbera |
Area: | Agricultural Sciences |
Sub Area: | Micropropagation |
Focus Area: | Agriculture |
Developing Agency: | Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bengaluru |
Technology Readiness Index: | Technology developed |
Email: | director.iihr@icar.gov.in |
| Website Link : | https://iihr.res.in/micropropagation-gerbera |
Brief Description
Description : | At present most of the gerbera varieties are patented and big companies import the plants and sell at exorbitant rate. A commercial multiplication of gerbera using shoot tip has been standardized by avoiding vitrified shoots using ga. the proliferation rate is 35% more than the existing method. As a second step in vitro petioles can be used for large scale multiplication |