Micropropagation and biotization for exotic tropical ornamental plants

昆特兰理工大学可持续园艺研究所将与海德兰花园植物有限公司合作，探索和开发组织培养方法，用于大量繁殖一组稀有的外来观赏植物。海岬生产和销售80多种不同的草药和可食用植物，用于烹饪和装饰。他们的扩张目标包括开发一系列新型装饰植物，以满足当地和全国消费者日益增长的需求。该项目将确定使用组织培养技术为北美目前没有生产的五个物种开发可扩展方案的可行性。一种新的生物化策略将试验使用两种已知有利于组织培养繁殖的微生物内生菌（一种细菌和一种真菌）和一种新的真菌内生菌，一种BC原生球孢白僵菌分离物，它在许多植物上显示出促进生长的作用。该项目将通过参与研究，培训一名Headlands Garden Plants的员工进行外来植物的组织培养、繁殖和生物化，并为公司开发未来的TC作物提供基础。KPU与本地区园艺业合作并为其带来价值的能力将得到加强。园艺专业的学生或应届毕业生将通过参与本项目获得组织培养和生物化技术的实践经验，这将有利于他们未来的职业生涯。

Institute for Sustainable Horticulture at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, will partner with Headlands Garden Plants Ltd. to explore and develop tissue culture methods for mass propagation of a group of rare exotic ornamental plants. Headlands produces and markets over 80 different herb and edible plant species for culinary and decorative uses. Their expansion goals include developing a line of novel decorative plants to meet increasing local and national consumer demand. This project will determine the feasibility of using tissue culture techniques to develop scalable protocols for five species for which no North American production exists at present. A novel biotization strategy will be trialed using two microbial endophytes known to benefit tissue culture propagation (one bacterial and one fungal), and one novel fungal endophyte, a BC native Beauveria bassiana isolate which has shown growth promotion effects on many plants. This project will train one Headlands Garden Plants staff in tissue culture propagation and biotization for exotic plants through participating in the research, and a provide the company with a foundation from which to develop future TC crops. The ability of KPU to partner with, and bring value to the horticulture industry in our region will be enhanced. A horticulture student or new grad will benefit from hands-on experience through participation in this project in tissue culture and biotization techniques which will benefit their future career.