Plant Quarantine and International Shipment of Tissue Culture Plants

Kahn, R. P.

doi:10.1007/978-94-009-4444-2_13

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“…), sweet potato] (Withers, 1988), have shipped germplasm in the form of tissue cultures for many years. However, as mentioned earlier and as cautioned by Kahn (1986), these shipments are not without hazard. The apparent absence of pests, based upon visual inspection, is no assurance that all dangerous pathogens are absent.…”

Section: Genusmentioning

confidence: 81%

“…Many authors have reviewed tissue culture applications in this regard (Majumdar, 1993;Parliman, 1986;Spiegel et al, 1993;Withers, 1988). Kahn (1979Kahn ( , 1986. Kahn and Mathur (1999) and Foster (1988) discussed the risks vs. benefits of exchanging germplasm between countries.…”

Section: Plant Germplasm In Vitromentioning

confidence: 99%

“…ternational Board for Plant Genetic Resources, 1988;Kahn, 1986;Withers, 1988). One can expect that exchange via in vitro culture will assume an ever-expanding role in meeting quarantine objectives.…”

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“…Among the obvious benefits are reduced risks of moving pathogens and insects with the germplasm because the consignment is small, having originated from meristematic tips or buds, and because the aseptic plantlet system has some built-in pathogen detection capabilities. Cultures free of fungal or bacterial growth are free of pathogens except obligate parasites, such as rusts, viruses, and certain fastidious organisms (International Board for Plant Genetic Resources, 1988;Kahn, 1979Kahn, , 1986Kahn and Mathur, 1999). For these reasons, the quarantine regulations of some countries have been made less restrictive (Miller-Jones, 1986) when germplasm is imported in the form of tissue cultures (Ng et al, 1992;Withers, 1988).…”

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Role of Plant Tissue Cultures in International Exchange and Quarantine of Germplasm in the United States and Canada

Salih¹,

Waterworth²,

Thompson³

2001

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Very few of the crops grown in the United States or Canada today evolved in North America. Ancestors of today's crops were brought to North America as the continent was being colonized (Waterworth, 1993). Although we enjoy an abundance of food, fiber, and aesthetic products, our crops are plagued by many production problems, including insects, diseases, weeds, and lack of crop tolerance to drought or poor soil conditions. Some crops cannot be mechanically harvested, yield poorly, or their products are highly perishable. To deal with this broad range of adversities, thousands of plant scientists are developing new cultivars that address aspects of the above problems. Foreign germplasm containing beneficial genes continues to be an important need of many genetics and breeding programs (White and Waterworth, 1996). Regrettably, hundreds of different kinds of insects and pathogens that exist overseas, and that have not yet invaded North America, could easily be imported with plant materials from other countries (

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confidence: 81%

Section: Plant Germplasm In Vitromentioning

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Role of Plant Tissue Cultures in International Exchange and Quarantine of Germplasm in the United States and Canada

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Thompson³

2001

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“…The improved health status of aseptic cultures has greatly facilitated international dissemination of germplasm with respect to quarantine regulations (Kahn, 1986). In vitro programmes for the propagation and distribution of indexed Citrus, cassava, yam and sweet potato have been successfully implemented (Litz et <?/., 1986).…”

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confidence: 99%