Scientists at the Siberian Research Institute of Agriculture and Peat, within the framework of the federal program, are working out the technology of potato recovery and are engaged in its selection. According to the innovation portal of the Tomsk region, by 2025, scientists will develop two new varieties suitable for cultivation in Siberia.
“In the field, we select plants that look healthy in appearance,” says Margarita Romanova, deputy director of the institute for scientific work. - In the laboratory, these tubers are subjected to thermotherapy - high temperature kills viruses. Then the potatoes are germinated and meristems are isolated - microscopic pieces of tissue that give rise to a new plant. They develop in a nutrient medium, then we cut them, transplant them and get new plants. ”
In order to ensure that new tubers are free of viruses, the PCR diagnostic method is used. At the end of the whole process, the lab receives healthy potato seed material.
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