FloraCulture Research Lab

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Inside the Lab

Facilities, culture systems, fieldwork, and training sessions.

Facility

Media preparation room - Laminar air flow - fresh sterile media
Media preparation roomLaminar air flow - fresh sterile media
Autoclave room - Sterilisation of media, glassware and instruments
Autoclave roomSterilisation of media, glassware and instruments
Plant tissue culture room - Grow room with ozonizer
Plant tissue culture roomGrow room with ozonizer
Chemicals, stocks & instruments - pH meter, magnetic stirrer, weighing balance
Chemicals, stocks & instrumentspH meter, magnetic stirrer, weighing balance

Micropropagation

Shoot multiplication - Dense green shoots on medium
Shoot multiplicationDense green shoots on medium
Culture tube rack - Rooted seedlings under cotton plugs
Culture tube rackRooted seedlings under cotton plugs
Germination in vitro - Seedlings on sterile medium
Germination in vitroSeedlings on sterile medium
Seedling in flask - Single seedling from callus base
Seedling in flaskSingle seedling from callus base

Cultures we grow

Drosera adelae - Lance-leaved sundew
Drosera adelaeLance-leaved sundew
Drosera spatulata - Spoon-leaved sundew
Drosera spatulataSpoon-leaved sundew
Utricularia graminifolia - Grass-leaved bladderwort
Utricularia graminifoliaGrass-leaved bladderwort
Rotala rotundifolia 'Florida' - Aquatic stem plant
Rotala rotundifolia 'Florida'Aquatic stem plant
Rotala rotundifolia 'Red' - High-colour selection
Rotala rotundifolia 'Red'High-colour selection
Withania somnifera - Ashwagandha - medicinal
Withania somniferaAshwagandha - medicinal

Aquaculture & algae

Red cherry shrimp - Planted aquarium system
Red cherry shrimpPlanted aquarium system
White pearl shrimp - On aquatic moss
White pearl shrimpOn aquatic moss
Freshwater lobster - Crustacean rearing
Freshwater lobsterCrustacean rearing
Macroalgae tank - Marine macroalgae cultivation
Macroalgae tankMarine macroalgae cultivation