Pages 231-251
 Integrating Automation Technologies With Commercial Micropropagation
An economic perspective

Written By: Carolyn J. Sluis

Sluis, C.J. 2005. Integrating Automation Technologies With Commercial Micropropagation. IN: Plant Tissue Culture Engineering
Gupta, S.D. and Ibaraki, Y. (eds). pp231-251.


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 ABSTRACT
1.INTRODUCTION
2.BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS
   2.1.   THE PLANTS' GROWTH FORM AFFECTS MECHANIZED HANDLING
   2.2.   MICROBIAL CONTAMINANTS HINDER SCALE-UP
3.PHYSICAL PARAMETERS
   3.1.   CULTURE VESSELS
   3.2.   PHYSICAL ORIENTATION OF EXPLANTS FOR SUBCULTURE OR SINGULATION
   3.3.   GAS PHASE OF THE CULTURE VESSEL IMPACTS AUTOMATION
4.ECONOMIC PARAMETERS
   4.1.   BASELINE COST MATERIALS
   4.2.   ECONOMICS OF OPERATOR-ASSIST STRATEGIES
   4.3.   ORGANIZATION OF THE APPROACH TO ROOTING: 'IN VITRO' OR 'EX VITRO'
   4.4.   ECONOMICS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES
5.BUSINESS PARAMETERS
   5.1.   VOLUMES FOR CULTIVAR
   5.2.   SEASONS
   5.3.   COST REDUCTION TARGETS
6.POLITICAL PARAMETERS
7.CONCLUSIONS
8.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
9.REFERENCES
10.WEBSITES
11.TABLES
12.FIGURES