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Our Lab Team in Action! |
The lab team produces plants new to horticulture, and also the means
to multiply and distribute these plants around the world. Dozens of
new varieties are created each year through flower breeding and laboratory
research. Most of these new varieties are then propagated in tissue
culture to quickly bring large numbers of healthy plants to market.
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Mother blocks |
Rufi uses her considerable abilities to assist
Harini with tissue culture and plant breeding research. |
Storage of Mother Material |
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Storage Manager maintains stock plants in tissue culture for all plants
produced in ourlaboratories and coordinates day-to-day operations in the
Tigard laboratory. He comes to us with a Botany degree from Chico State.
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Kate |
Kate maintains our in vitro stock plants.
She also works with our newest plants in initiation through determining
stage II and III protocols before plants are grown in pilot production.
Kate has a degree in plant sciences from Cornell University. |
| Tissue Culture Production |
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Plants in Tissue Culture |
Arthur makes the media we use to grow our plant tissue
cultures and helps with micropropagation. Arthur is originally
from Micronesia and has a degree in agriculture from the University
of Hawaii.
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Chuck
Pavlich is our Director of New Product Development. Educated
at Washington State University, he has worked in the retail nursery
business for 30 years. Chuck brings his passion for plants to Terra
Nova. He is gifted at finding mutations in the wild and from nursery
crops (some have been previously introduced by Terra Nova). As our
New Product Director Chuck is responsible for new ideas for the breeders
as well as overseeing the breeding process and shepherding our new
products to the world perennial market.
Harini
Korlipara is our Lab Manager and one of our Plant Breeders.
She brings her expertise in cytogenetics to Terra Nova's breeding
program. She creates improved varieties through advanced techniques.
Harini earned a M. Phil. and Ph.D in Cytogenetics and Plant Breeding
from Nagarjuna University in India and worked for over five years
as a scientist in the plant tissue culture industry before coming
to Terra Nova. She has published dozens of articles in professional
journals. Her major crops here include Echinacea and Coreopsis.
Janet
Egger is our traditional plant breeder, trial plant manager, as
well as our patent writer and manager. She has a B.S. in Botany and
a M.S. in Horticulture from the University of California, Davis, and
has been breeding perennials since 1983. She has been working at Terra
Nova since October 2000. Her major crops here include Heuchera and
Heucherella.
Rob
Jansen is our stock plant manager, having been our propagation
manager for the past 7 years. He manages the breeding houses, outdoor
trial beds and gardens, and stock plant collections. Rob has a B.S.
in Horticulture from Oregon State University and worked as a wholesale
perennial grower for 14 years.