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In order to optimise tissue culture systems and to meet production targets, Mondi Forests’ biotechnology programme has in the last two years concentrated efforts on the use of the RITA® temporary immersion bioreactor system. Protocols have been established for six Eucalyptus clones. Results indicate a four- to six-fold increase in yield, in half the time, with the RITA® system when compared with axillary bud proliferation on semi-solid media. Furthermore, plants produced from the RITA® system are hardier and acclimatize better, giving higher yields of hardened-off plants. The establishment of aseptic axillary shoots into the RITA® system is from shoots in the semi-solid system. Highest multiplication was achieved using 30-second flushes of medium every 10 minutes, starting with 50 shoots per vessel. The multiplication cycles in RITA® are between 14 and 18 days, compared with 25 to 28 days in a semi-solid system. There is minimal callus evident on the leaves and bases of the stems of plants in the RITA® system and, in addition, cold-tolerant plants have a greater rooting competence when compared with plants coming from the semi-solid system. Ex vitro rooting of RITA®-derived plantlets is substantially better than the plants from the semi-solid media.
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Alister, B.M., Finnie, J., Watt, M., Blakeway, F. (2005). Use of the temporary immersion bioreactor system (RITA®) for production of commercial Eucalyptus clones in Mondi Forests (SA). In: Hvoslef-Eide, A.K., Preil, W. (eds) Liquid Culture Systems for in vitro Plant Propagation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3200-5_33
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