TY - CHAP
T1 - Hot-water treatment before tissue culture reduces initial contamination in Lilium and Acer
AU - Langens-Gerrits, Merel
AU - Albers, Marion
AU - de Klerk, Geert-Jan
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - In 1887, the Danish researcher Jensen used a hot-water treatment (HWT) to free plant tissues from pathogens. Ever since, heat treatments have been used to free plants from viruses, bacteria, fungi, nematodes and insects. In agricultural practice, HWTs are used on a large scale with bulbs, tubers and seeds [1]. The advantages of temperature treatments in comparison with chemical treatments are that there are no chemical residues and also that endogenous pathogens are removed. However, a HWT may damage the host plant [2]. The resistance of plant tissues to HWT strongly depends on their physiological condition, for example size, moisture content, vigour, condition of external layers, temperature conditions during growth, dormancy level, age, and genetic constitution [2].
AB - In 1887, the Danish researcher Jensen used a hot-water treatment (HWT) to free plant tissues from pathogens. Ever since, heat treatments have been used to free plants from viruses, bacteria, fungi, nematodes and insects. In agricultural practice, HWTs are used on a large scale with bulbs, tubers and seeds [1]. The advantages of temperature treatments in comparison with chemical treatments are that there are no chemical residues and also that endogenous pathogens are removed. However, a HWT may damage the host plant [2]. The resistance of plant tissues to HWT strongly depends on their physiological condition, for example size, moisture content, vigour, condition of external layers, temperature conditions during growth, dormancy level, age, and genetic constitution [2].
U2 - 10.1007/978-94-015-8951-2_27
DO - 10.1007/978-94-015-8951-2_27
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789048149322
T3 - Developments in Plant Pathology
SP - 219
EP - 224
BT - Pathogen and Microbial Contamination Management in Micropropagation
A2 - Cassells, A.C.
PB - Springer
CY - Dordrecht
ER -