date:May 09, 2019
and are ready to harvest at the same time. It makes management of the plantation that much easier, says Sun Wiltshire, the laboratorys general manager.
The starting point is a 4ha mother block, established for many years, that includes the varieties proven to possess the best characteristics. This is crucial, says Wiltshire, as the tissue culture process is a clone of the mother plant.
Suckers are taken from the mother blocks to the laboratory, where they are dissected into smaller pieces and