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In vitro culture: your made-to-measure vitroplants

(c)Vitropic
A unique vitro plant production platform in France
In vitro plants are all the rage, and for good reason. Trials carried out around the world on a multitude of plant varieties have demonstrated the potential of this technique, which enables young plants to be reproduced and developed under controlled conditions. These plants develop uniformly, gain in vigor, and are delivered disease-free for planting in fields or in greenhouses.
In vitro propagation also makes it possible to sanitize the plants against fungi, viruses and bacteria. A vitro plant is the guarantee of a healthy plant.
The various successes that have accompanied Vitropic's development have made it the French in vitro plants expert for the propagation and distribution of your plants according to a strict, certified protocol. You can order vitroplants from its catalog or entrust Vitropic with the species you want to reproduce, and the engineering team will take care of sanitizing it and developing the appropriate industrial production protocol under optimal sanitary conditions. Vitropic also offers customized production, with guaranteed exclusivity for your plant material.
Stage of development
The advantages of in vitro plant propagation
The Vitropic service platform:
- Guarantees healthy, disease-free plants;
- Enables large-scale propagation of your plant material;
- Ensures uniform production in line with the original mother plant;
- Develops industrial replication protocols;
- Supports the introduction of new plants into the field on the basis of specifications defined via its network of expert partners. Example with the FRCA of the Réunion island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3CZIZ4UlNg
Certified healthy seedlings for farms
Varietal selection is an important part of the solution to the challenges facing agriculture to the agricultural issues brought forth by climate change and the development of diseases and pests.
However, to ensure optimum conditions for plant propagation with the expected health guarantees, the production of vitroplants is the ideal solution for species with vegetative multiplication.
For breeders and distributors of seeds and seedlings
Vitropic defines specific protocols for the varieties that you have created to ensure their sanitation and propagation. To broaden the distribution of resources, these varieties can be included in the catalog so that they can be offered to Vitropic customers, on the basis of a prior commercial agreement.
For farmers, industrial plantations and NGOs
You can choose from a catalog of predefined vitroplants and order plants delivered in compliance with species specifications and in optimum sanitary conditions.
If you have any questions, or would like to discuss feasibility for one or more given species, please contact: vitropic@vitropic.fr
Since 1986, Vitropic SA, a CIRAD subsidiary and leader in the production of banana vitroplants, has been producing and distributing indexed, disease-free banana and pineapple vitroplants. In recent years, the company has successfully developed its expertise in new crops, particularly temperate crops, and expanded its catalog to help meet the challenges of sustainable agriculture. With its scientific partners at CIRAD, IRD, INRAE and the plant protection services, Vitropic SA distributes varieties resulting from an ongoing selection and evaluation program. Its vitroplants offer planters health guarantees unequalled anywhere in the world.