Interest in tissue culture and the benefits it can provide growers has increased in recent years. Tissue cultures provide an efficient method of preserving a genetic library, questionable male specimens, or any genetics that growers want to keep and utilize in the future. And they are relatively simple to store and maintain. This can be especially helpful to repopulate the grow in case of infection, infestation or any other unforeseen disruption. Preserving clean specimens of one’s prized genetics is a form of insurance and a viable pathway forward in case problems ever arise. Utilizing true meristem tissue culture replication is an effective method for cleaning genetics, i.e., producing cultivars that are free of various diseases and viruses.
