In Vitro Guide: Tissue Culture Protocols for Houseplants & Ornamentals: 50 Tissue Culture Protocols for Houseplants & Ornamentals (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798319019226)

Whether you're a rare plant collector, a home propagation enthusiast, or a boutique grower ready to scale up, 50 Tissue Culture Protocols for Houseplants is your go-to manual for cloning today's most sought-after indoor species using professional in vitro techniques.

This second volume in the In Vitro Plant Lab Series delivers clear, step-by-step protocols for 50 ornamental houseplants-including iconic Philodendrons, Monsteras, Hoyas, Calatheas, Anthuriums, Alocasias, and more. From sterilization and hormone recipes to rooting and acclimatization, this guide demystifies tissue culture for beginners and professionals alike-empowering you to produce pest-free, disease-free plants at home or in a compact lab.

✔ Prepare and sterilize explants from nodes, petioles, rhizomes, and shoot tips
✔ Mix Murashige & Skoog (MS) media and customize with precise PGRs (like BAP, NAA, GA₃)
✔ Multiply shoots with species-specific cytokinin/auxin balances
✔ Root and acclimate plantlets for pots, sales, or display
✔ Prevent contamination, callus overgrowth, leaf drop, and other common in vitro issues
✔ Set up a simple propagation station using a still air box or laminar flow hood
✔ Scale your system for micropropagation, retail supply, or rare plant conservation

✅ Includes exact protocols for 50 houseplants, including:

Aroids & Tropicals:
Philodendron hederaceum, gloriosum, melanochrysum, micans, 'Pink Princess', Monstera deliciosa, adansonii, dubia, Syngonium podophyllum, Epipremnum aureum, Scindapsus pictus, Dracaena fragrans, Zamioculcas zamiifolia

Variegated Showstoppers:
Calathea orbifolia, roseopicta, makoyana, lancifolia, Maranta leuconeura, Fittonia albivenis, Pilea peperomioides, Tradescantia zebrina

Ficus & Indoor Trees:
Ficus elastica, lyrata, benjamina, Chlorophytum comosum

Alocasias & Anthuriums:
Alocasia amazonica, 'Polly', cuprea, micholitziana 'Frydek', Anthurium andraeanum, clarinervium, warocqueanum

Succulents & Textured Tropicals:
Sansevieria trifasciata, Aloe vera, Crassula ovata, Euphorbia milii, Peperomia caperata, Peperomia obtusifolia, Begonia rex, Begonia maculata

Ferns & Allies:
Nephrolepis exaltata, Microsorum musifolium, Platycerium bifurcatum, Asplenium nidus, Adiantum raddianum

Author: Kevin Thomsone
ISBN-13: 9798319019226
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 04/10/2025
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d