Tissue culture – Central Science Supplies

PLANT CLONING II

adminbenscience — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:21:49 +0000

Plant propagation by cloning is common in flower production. Generating a plant by cloning its tissue is an exciting and challenging experience which teaches the importance of sterile laboratory methods. Using this kit, students will establish a shoot multiplication culture using an African violet as a model, use sterile technique to develop African violet cloned cultures and induce the development of multiple shoots (clones) from the leaf tissue . Resulting plantlets may be started in soil. The complete process takes approximately three months. No hood or incubator required. Includes an instruction manual and a PowerPoint presentation with images of plant material at various stages of the experiment. Perishable reply card items ship separately upon request and only in the continental US.
Grades 9-12

PLANT CANCER

adminbenscience — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:12:00 +0000

Now cancer can be investigated in the lab, not just discussed in your classroom. Students safely study the various aspects of cancer cell growth with this totally self-contained kit. (A fresh carrot will be required.) Students explore various aspects of cancerous cell growth and learn to explain the differences between a normal cell and a cancer cell, describe similarities and differences between animal and plant cancers, identify cancer cells, identify a plant cancer or gall, and research current theories on the causes of cancer. Students grow their own sunflower plants; then induce crown gall by inoculating plant tissue with Agrobacterium tumefaciens (reply card item ships upon request and only in Continental US) which is required for inducing the cancerous growth. Students then do a Koch?s Postulates Experiment: Inducing Cancer in Carrot Tissue.
Grades 9-12

PLANT CLONING I (INTRODUCTION TO)

adminbenscience — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:05:26 +0000

Plant propagation by cloning is becoming increasingly important in food and flower production. Generating a plant by cloning its tissue is an exciting and challenging experience which teaches the importance of sterile laboratory methods. Students will germinate carrot seeds to provide plant material from which to establish a culture, use sterile technique to grow seedlings and establish a callus culture, and induce the development of multiple shoots (plantlets) from the callus tissue. The process takes approximately four months. No hood or incubator required. Includes an instruction manual, assessment questions, and a PowerPoint presentation with images of plant material at various stages of the experiment. Perishable reply card items ship separately upon request and only in the continental US.
Grades 9-12