ferret Posted July 28, 2013 (edited) i recently got into fiddling with tissue culture, heres some Isotoma plants propagated via TC from seed collected near Alice Springs. pretty happy so far! Edited October 7, 2013 by ferret 13 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ferret Posted July 29, 2013 a very simple "protocol" was used, in fact the plants shown above were grown in 1/2 MS media from all stages from seed germination to deflasking. I am doing some experiments with BAP to see if I can increase shoot multiplication. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Halcyon Daze Posted July 30, 2013 Nice, I remember finding them growing out there once and started growing them from seed too. Such a cute native plant. I never knew you could just sow seeds in agar like that 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darklight Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) Ferret those are *lovely*, I bet you are proud. How are they going? I never knew you could just sow seeds in agar like that Hell yes, one of the easiest ways to start a culture off as seed coats are much more resistant to the bleach solution frequently used in plant TC for surface sterilisation. Complex plant tissues can be much more challenging and often contain a higher rate of surface contaminants because of increased complex surface areas One of the best/ easiest ways to start to learn plant-TC is to start with Acacia seed, I've mentioned it in several previous threads here Edited August 8, 2013 by Darklight 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ferret Posted August 25, 2013 They're hardening off well I think One seedling turned out to be variegated also similar results so far with Lobelia tupa im getting some hormone stock solutions this week, will be fun to start tweaking things a bit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mimzy Posted August 28, 2013 Nice! I've been thinking of trying my hand at tissue culture on some Acacia maidenii seeds I have lying about. Any recommendations Darklight? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darklight Posted September 14, 2013 Nice! I've been thinking of trying my hand at tissue culture on some Acacia maidenii seeds I have lying about. Any recommendations Darklight? Have a look around the forums, I've posted extensively on TC. Let me know any missing info pertinent to your sitch here on this thread or a new one, Sorry, been away and a bit time pressed now, but the basics are all out there Ferret how's it going? Any progress? Cool project Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ferret Posted September 20, 2013 (edited) I think it's going well for my first project! Here's first plant after a month or so hardening off, tis setting up a few reproductive organs already . deflasked a few from the variegated line but they all crapped out in a few days. Any tips on deflasking variegated plants DL? i imagine they may require some nutritional support.. will get around to a lit search at some stage, TC project been on backburner for a couple weeks now due to less interesting committments few more on the way. The empty cells were variegated, and up the back are a few L. tupa. Edited September 20, 2013 by ferret 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darklight Posted September 21, 2013 So cool, thanks for the follow up Am happy for you that you got them to grow out and full cycle! I have never deflasked variegated plants, I can't imagine what the problem might be- let us know if you find a workaround Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ferret Posted October 9, 2013 (edited) Edited October 9, 2013 by ferret 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites