Re: hosta-open DIGEST V1 #362
- To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: hosta-open DIGEST V1 #362
- From: h*@open.org
- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 09:32:45 -0700 (PDT)
John:
>I have had several hostas sent to me for TC that contained
>(contaminated with) a bacterium of some sort.
Are you talking about bacteria (or other cantaminates) that are on the
outside of the plant, but hidden deep within the plant so they can't
be effectively sterilized or are you talking about bacteria (or other
cantaiminates) that may actually be inside the plant cells. There are
a number of interesting organisms that have been found inside plant
cells that botanist don't know how to classify.
If you are doing meristem culturing and you keep the shoots growing
rapidly and keep excising very short pieces of stem to start a new
culture, I would think you should eventually be able to eliminate the
contamination.
Joe Halinar
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