Marizanne Horn (Tissue Culture Facility) and Wendy Bailey (SAPO) visited the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Cornell University to learn, train, and establish virus elimination procedures and virus testing methods for the pome and stone fruit cultivars in…
A state-of-the-art Tissue Culture Facility (TCF) was opened by Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, at Bernheim Farm, outside Paarl, yesterday. This initiative driven by the South African deciduous fruit industry is an effort to keep up with…
Many scientists believe that tissue culture is the future of horticulture. One of these researchers is John Driver, one of the biggest names in plant tissue culture in the world. Driver was speaking from the Tissue Culture Facility (TCF) in Paarl, which…
Micropropagation in tissue culture is widely recognised as an effective method for the mass production of disease-free plants. It’s especially valuable for plants that are difficult to grow by traditional methods, such as seeds or cuttings. Another advantage of micropropagation…
Five years ago, there was a shortage of difficult-to-root rootstocks and a need to improve the quality and health status of trees in the pome and stone fruit industries. Tissue culture (TC) provided a solution to addressing this need. This…
As of January 2022, the Tissue Culture Facility (TCF) at Bernheim Farm, outside Paarl, has added a certified quarantine facility to its operations. This will enable TCF clients to have certified tissue culture material imported to South Africa. This novel…
Visit the link below to listen to this podcast: An interview broadcasted on Pretoria FM on 7 November 2025