{"product_id":"the-tissue-culture-guide","title":"The Tissue Culture Guide - Edition 1","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA laboratory manual for the quietly obsessed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost tissue culture literature is written for the commercial lab or the research bench. Very little of it speaks to the grower working at the scale of a few shelves — the collector who has propagated by division, by corm, by cutting, and has begun to wonder what lies past the edge of those methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tissue Culture Guide is written for exactly that grower. It is a complete working manual for the in-vitro propagation of rare aroids, prepared at home, with patience, in conditions a serious culturist can actually build.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat the book is.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne hundred and fourteen pages. Twenty chapters arranged in five parts — from the first principles of sterile technique, through media and the hormone balance, through initiation, multiplication, rooting, and acclimatization, to the troubleshooting of a culture that has gone wrong. Six numbered Specimen Plates document the work as it actually appears on the shelf. Every citation has been verified against its underlying source before print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe register is deliberate: exact, unhurried, and quiet. This is a book that treats the apparatus of a laboratory — the vessel, the flow, the session — as worthy of the same editorial care as the science it carries. It is closer in spirit to a field manual or a fine reference volume than to a how-to guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat the book is not.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is not a quick-start. It is not a substitute for the years of attention that good culture work asks for. And it is not an information product — the kind of thing assembled from forum posts and sold by the download. It is a reference object, made to be kept, returned to, and worked alongside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Leafle Apt library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tissue Culture Guide is the second volume of the Leafle Apt library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first, The Alocasia Guide, covers cabinet and tent care for the collector beginning to grow with intention. This volume is the next step along that path — for the grower ready to move from keeping rare plants to propagating them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor the quietly obsessed\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEDITION\u003c\/strong\u003e Edition I · MMXXVI\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXTENT\u003c\/strong\u003e 114 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTRUCTURE\u003c\/strong\u003e 20 chapters · 5 parts · 6 Specimen Plates\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFORMAT\u003c\/strong\u003e Digital PDF · fixed-layout, designed for screen and print\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIMPRINT\u003c\/strong\u003e Leafle Apt · a Leafle Monstas publication\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMADE\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIN\u003c\/strong\u003e Canada\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSUBJECT\u003c\/strong\u003e Sterile technique and micropropagation of rare aroids\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFAQ:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this for beginners?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo. The Tissue Culture Guide assumes you already grow aroids with some confidence and want to propagate them in vitro. If you are beginning, start with The Alocasia Guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat do I receive?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 114-page PDF, fixed-layout, designed to read well on screen and to print cleanly if you prefer paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs a printed edition available?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA print edition is planned. This digital edition is the immediate version of the book; the print edition will be the object version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo I need a laboratory?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo. The book is written for work done at the scale of a few shelves, in conditions a committed home culturist can build.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leafle Monstas ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48740882809049,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0792\/7110\/0633\/files\/001-cover.png?v=1779502057","url":"https:\/\/www.leaflemonstas.com\/products\/the-tissue-culture-guide","provider":"Leafle Monstas ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}