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Contact details: Laboratory Manager ARC-Roodeplaat Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Institute Mr A Lezar Private Bag X293, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa Tel: 012 841 9611 / E-mail: [email protected] Provides a mass propagation service The In-vitro gene bank at ARC- Roodeplaat provides a rapid multi- plication service of disease free and true to type potato cultivars upon order through an easy to use quota- tion template system according to a cost sliding scale, depending on the number of plants ordered. Material is then distributed to either other tissue culture facilities (Ceres Potatoes, Potato Seed Production, Rascal Seed Research Laboratories and Western Cape Seed Potatoes) or to registered greenhouses for plant- ing to produce G0 tubers, which is the beginning of the potato certifi- cation scheme. Provides a training service The In-vitro gene bank at ARC- Roodeplaat provides training courses in practical as well as theoretical tis- sue culture principles upon request.
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Co
ntact d
etails: L
abo
ratory M
anage
rA
RC
-Ro
od
ep
laat V
ege
table
and
Orn
ame
ntal P
lant In
stitute
Mr A
Le
zarP
rivate B
ag X293, P
reto
ria, 0001 So
uth
Africa
Tel: 012 841 9611 / E
-mail: le
Pro
vid
es a
mass p
rop
ag
atio
nse
rvice
The In
-vitrogen
e ban
k at ARC-
Roodep
laat provid
es a rapid
multi-
plicatio
n service o
f disease free an
dtru
e to typ
e potato
cultivars u
pon
ord
er thro
ugh an
easy to u
se quota-
tion tem
plate system
accord
ing to
aco
st slidin
g scale, d
epen
din
g o
n th
enum
ber o
f plan
ts ord
ered.
Material is th
en d
istributed
to eith
eroth
er tissue cu
lture facilities (C
eresPo
tatoes, Po
tato S
eed Pro
ductio
n,
Rascal S
eed R
esearch Lab
orato
riesan
d W
estern C
ape S
eed Po
tatoes) o
rto
registered
green
houses fo
r plan
t-in
g to
pro
duce G
0 tu
bers, w
hich
isth
e beg
innin
g o
f the p
otato
certifi-catio
n sch
eme.
Pro
vid
es a
train
ing
serv
ice
The In
-vitro g
ene b
ank at A
RC-
Roodep
laat provid
es trainin
g co
urses
in p
ractical as well as th
eoretical tis-
sue cu
lture p
rincip
les upon req
uest.
Su
pp
lies d
isease
-free m
oth
er
mate
rial to
the p
ota
to in
du
stry
All in
-vitrogen
e ban
k accessions u
nderg
odouble testin
g th
rough q
uaran
tine an
d C
oen
Bezu
iden
hout S
eed Testin
g Lab
orato
ry(C
BS) b
efore b
eing in
corp
orated
into
the
collectio
n. A
n ad
ditio
nal set o
f tests by
CBS is also
done o
n all co
mm
ercial ord
ersbefo
re release to th
e client.
Rep
resentative sam
ples d
rawn b
y Potato
Certificatio
n S
ervices are tested fo
r bacterial d
iseases nam
ely Ralsto
nia
solan
acearum
(Bacterial w
ilt) and E
rwin
iasp
p.an
d fo
r the fo
llow
ing im
portan
t Viral
diseases: Po
tato viru
s X, Po
tato viru
s Y,Po
tato viru
s S, Po
tato viru
s M, Po
tato
virus A
, Potato
Leaf Roll viru
s and To
mato
sp
otted
wilt viru
s.
Su
pp
lies tru
e-to
-typ
e m
ate
rial to
the
po
tato
ind
ustry
All p
otato
accessions are su
bjected
to th
reem
ethods to
ensu
re truen
ess to typ
e nam
e-ly: M
orp
holo
gical d
escriptio
ns o
f plan
tsgro
win
g in
the field
, Diffu
sed lig
ht sp
routs
and D
NA p
rofiles.
Pro
vid
es fo
r in-v
itrosto
r-ag
e o
f po
tato
germ
pla
sm
Provides fo
r the co
nservatio
nof 6
com
mercial o
pen
cultivars
(Astrid
, BP1
, Buffelsp
oort,
Herth
a, Up To
Date, V
an D
erPlan
k); 9 su
b-licen
se cultivars
(Aviva, C
alibra, C
aren, D
arius,
Eryn
, Frodo, M
nan
di, R
onn
and R
oped
i); 119 cu
ltivars for
11 p
rivate com
pan
ies under
contract ag
reemen
t and a
total o
f 1373 p
otato
cultivars,
breed
ing lin
es and o
ther
germ
plasm
accessions im
por-
tant fo
r the p
otato
breed
ing
pro
gram
.
Accessio
ns are sto
red in
gro
wth
cabin
ets at 3-7
°C o
nlo
ng sto
rage m
ediu
m co
ntain
-in
g a g
row
th in
hib
itor (A
lar).
Pro
vid
es m
ate
rial to
the
po
tato
bre
ed
ing
pro
gra
m
Main
tains g
enetically d
iversem
aterial for u
tilization in
the
breed
ing p
rogram
, enab
ling
the b
reeder to
evaluate an
dco
mpare ad
vanced
breed
ing
lines to
know
n varieties an
dsu
pplies th
e breed
ing p
rogram
with
virus free tissu
e cultu
redplan
ts of ad
vanced
breed
ing
lines fo
r min
i-tuber p
roductio
nfo
r evaluatio
n.
Pro
vid
es a
viru
s elim
ina-
tion
serv
ice
Viru
s infected
material is
mad
e free from
viruses b
ym
aking u
se of h
eat therap
y,dissectin
g th
e meristem
s and
subjectin
g th
e meristem
s toch
emoth
erapy. T
his p
roced
ure
is perfo
rmed
twice. M
aterial istested
intern
ally and extern
al-ly b
y CBS as w
ell as thro
ugh a
final rt-PC
R test b
efore certifi-
cation as “V
irus Free”.
Pro
vid
es fo
r a q
uara
ntin
efa
cility fo
r imp
orte
d p
ota
tog
erm
pla
sm
The A
gricu
ltural R
esearchCouncils’ R
oodep
laatVeg
etable an
d O
rnam
ental
Plant In
situte h
as a registered
and ap
proved
quaran
tine facil-
ity with
the D
epartm
ent o
f
TH
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-VIT
RO
GE
NE
BA
NK
Serving the P
otato Industry
