Test-tube potatoes or efficient technologies for obtaining seed. For such an initiative, young scientists from Bashkortostan were awarded a grant from the All-Russian Youth Educational Forum "iVolga". In one of the peasant farms in the Chishminsky district, peasant farm specialists grow potato seeds in laboratory conditions.
This is done in order to get seed material purified from various viruses. This method allows you to further increase crop yields and improve the safety of the final product.
Katerina Malyutina, Head of the Laboratory of Peasant Farming: “We use healthy material. Initially, we purchase test tubes from the Lorch Institute and later we grow this test tube at aeroponics. This is one of the innovations».
Source: http://tv-rb.ru