Co
ntact d
etails: L
abo
ratory M
anage
rA
RC
-Ro
od
ep
laat V
ege
table
and
Orn
ame
ntal P
lant In
stitute
Mr A
Le
zarP
rivate B
ag X293, P
reto
ria, 0001 So
uth
Africa
Tel: 012 841 9611 / E
-mail: le
Pro
vid
es a
mass p
rop
ag
atio
nse
rvice
The In
-vitrogen
e ban
k at ARC-
Roodep
laat provid
es a rapid
multi-
plicatio
n service o
f disease free an
dtru
e to typ
e potato
cultivars u
pon
ord
er thro
ugh an
easy to u
se quota-
tion tem
plate system
accord
ing to
aco
st slidin
g scale, d
epen
din
g o
n th
enum
ber o
f plan
ts ord
ered.
Material is th
en d
istributed
to eith
eroth
er tissue cu
lture facilities (C
eresPo
tatoes, Po
tato S
eed Pro
ductio
n,
Rascal S
eed R
esearch Lab
orato
riesan
d W
estern C
ape S
eed Po
tatoes) o
rto
registered
green
houses fo
r plan
t-in
g to
pro
duce G
0 tu
bers, w
hich
isth
e beg
innin
g o
f the p
otato
certifi-catio
n sch
eme.
Pro
vid
es a
train
ing
serv
ice
The In
-vitro g
ene b
ank at A
RC-
Roodep
laat provid
es trainin
g co
urses
in p
ractical as well as th
eoretical tis-
sue cu
lture p
rincip
les upon req
uest.
Su
pp
lies d
isease
-free m
oth
er
mate
rial to
the p
ota
to in
du
stry
All in
-vitrogen
e ban
k accessions u
nderg
odouble testin
g th
rough q
uaran
tine an
d C
oen
Bezu
iden
hout S
eed Testin
g Lab
orato
ry(C
BS) b
efore b
eing in
corp
orated
into
the
collectio
n. A
n ad
ditio
nal set o
f tests by
CBS is also
done o
n all co
mm
ercial ord
ersbefo
re release to th
e client.
Rep
resentative sam
ples d
rawn b
y Potato
Certificatio
n S
ervices are tested fo
r bacterial d
iseases nam
ely Ralsto
nia
solan
acearum
(Bacterial w
ilt) and E
rwin
iasp
p.an
d fo
r the fo
llow
ing im
portan
t Viral
diseases: Po
tato viru
s X, Po
tato viru
s Y,Po
tato viru
s S, Po
tato viru
s M, Po
tato
virus A
, Potato
Leaf Roll viru
s and To
mato
sp
otted
wilt viru
s.
Su
pp
lies tru
e-to
-typ
e m
ate
rial to
the
po
tato
ind
ustry
All p
otato
accessions are su
bjected
to th
reem
ethods to
ensu
re truen
ess to typ
e nam
e-ly: M
orp
holo
gical d
escriptio
ns o
f plan
tsgro
win
g in
the field
, Diffu
sed lig
ht sp
routs
and D
NA p
rofiles.
Pro
vid
es fo
r in-v
itrosto
r-ag
e o
f po
tato
germ
pla
sm
Provides fo
r the co
nservatio
nof 6
com
mercial o
pen
cultivars
(Astrid
, BP1
, Buffelsp
oort,
Herth
a, Up To
Date, V
an D
erPlan
k); 9 su
b-licen
se cultivars
(Aviva, C
alibra, C
aren, D
arius,
Eryn
, Frodo, M
nan
di, R
onn
and R
oped
i); 119 cu
ltivars for
11 p
rivate com
pan
ies under
contract ag
reemen
t and a
total o
f 1373 p
otato
cultivars,
breed
ing lin
es and o
ther
germ
plasm
accessions im
por-
tant fo
r the p
otato
breed
ing
pro
gram
.
Accessio
ns are sto
red in
gro
wth
cabin
ets at 3-7
°C o
nlo
ng sto
rage m
ediu
m co
ntain
-in
g a g
row
th in
hib
itor (A
lar).
Pro
vid
es m
ate
rial to
the
po
tato
bre
ed
ing
pro
gra
m
Main
tains g
enetically d
iversem
aterial for u
tilization in
the
breed
ing p
rogram
, enab
ling
the b
reeder to
evaluate an
dco
mpare ad
vanced
breed
ing
lines to
know
n varieties an
dsu
pplies th
e breed
ing p
rogram
with
virus free tissu
e cultu
redplan
ts of ad
vanced
breed
ing
lines fo
r min
i-tuber p
roductio
nfo
r evaluatio
n.
Pro
vid
es a
viru
s elim
ina-
tion
serv
ice
Viru
s infected
material is
mad
e free from
viruses b
ym
aking u
se of h
eat therap
y,dissectin
g th
e meristem
s and
subjectin
g th
e meristem
s toch
emoth
erapy. T
his p
roced
ure
is perfo
rmed
twice. M
aterial istested
intern
ally and extern
al-ly b
y CBS as w
ell as thro
ugh a
final rt-PC
R test b
efore certifi-
cation as “V
irus Free”.
Pro
vid
es fo
r a q
uara
ntin
efa
cility fo
r imp
orte
d p
ota
tog
erm
pla
sm
The A
gricu
ltural R
esearchCouncils’ R
oodep
laatVeg
etable an
d O
rnam
ental
Plant In
situte h
as a registered
and ap
proved
quaran
tine facil-
ity with
the D
epartm
ent o
f
TH
E IN
-VIT
RO
GE
NE
BA
NK
Serving the P
otato Industry
