Re: Transportation of Tissue Culture Plants

[Mike Rigby <vitrotec@HOTMAIL.COM>]

I would suggest that normal chlorinated drinking water would be more
suitable that distilled water for two reasons.

Distilled water would be absorbed rapidly by the plants, because of the low
salts, causing them to become water-soaked and vulnerable to bacterial and
fungal rots.

The light chlorination in tap water would reduce bacterial and fungal
growth, and the moderate salt levels would reduce the amount of water
absorbed by osmosis.

regards

Mike Rigby

----- Original Message -----
From: "Archana Gawde" <sendtoarch@YAHOO.COM>
To: <PLANT-TC@LISTS.UMN.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 2:33 PM
Subject: Re:  Transportation of Tissue Culture Plants

> I know people in our research centre sending plants in the follwoing way
>
> 1) washing the plants with distilled water (complete removal of agar)
> 2) packing it loosely in polyethene boxes wrap the sides of the boxes with
> parafilm and pack it in thermocol boxes
>
> Archana
> Harrisons Plant Tissue CUlture <hmlptc@SANCHARNET.IN> wrote:
> Harrisons Malayalam Limited,
> Plant Tissue Culture Division,
> A2 Sidco Industrial Estate,
> Zuzuwadi, Hosur, Tamil Nadu,
> INDIA 635 126
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Dear Members,
> Can any one suggest the best transportation method for TC plants.
>
> We are transporting currently lot of Ornamental plants to USA, Australia,
> Newzealand and other countries different varieties of ornamental plants as
> ex agar as well as invitro.But still we get complaints from our customers
> that some plants sent as exagar are rotton or dehydrated.
> We pack sterile plants washed and packed in carton boxes and also take
> necessary steps like wrapping them with sterile tissue paper etc.
>
> Please suggest some good methods
> Thanks
> HML
>
>
> Harrisons Malayalam Limited,
> Plant Tissue Culture Division,
> A2 Sidco Industrial Estate,
> Zuzuwadi, Hosur, Tamil Nadu,
> INDIA 635 126