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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1997
Michael Dobres, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Gail R Lokaj, Wenonah, NJ (US);
Novaflora, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to, inter alia, a method of micropropagation of a rose plant comprising culturing a stem bearing a node in a first enclosed vessel containing a first culture medium comprising about 0.5 to about 3.0 mg/l of a cytokine, 0 to about 1.0 mg/l of an auxin, and 0 to about 1.0 mg/l of a gibberellin until at least one shoot emerges from said node; excising said shoot from said stem and propagating said shoot in a second enclosed vessel containing a second culture medium comprising about 0.5 to about 3.0 mg/l of a cytokine, 0 to about 1.0 mg/l of an auxin, and 0 to about 1.0 mg/l of a gibberellin to produce a flowering rose plant capable of being transferred to soil. Among other things, the present invention is also directed to rose plants and culture media for the micropropagation of roses.