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Mother
Plants
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The production of our elite plants
starts with in-vitro propagation in the
laboratory. Unlike in common meristem
labs, the idea is not to produce
as many seedlings as possible in a
short period of time. In stead, our one
and only intention is to get a small
number of definitely healthy plants.
In the following steps, we exclusively
use runners for propagation. First of
all, he in- vitro plants are propagated
in a saran house. The tightly woven,
gauze-like saran fabric prevents in -
sects from entering the house and
infecting the plants with viruses.
Mother plants as well as seedlings
are grown on table beds, in safe distance
from the ground bed, so that
infection by soil fungi is excluded. For
extra safety, the super-elite plants
(SEE) produced in the saran house
are in spected for di seases on an an -
-nual basis.
The super-elite plants (SEE) are then
propagated on a special site, far
a way from other strawberry plantations.
The resulting elite plants (EE)
are used for the production of commercial
plant material and are sub ject
to constant supervision by the Chamber
of Agriculture.