"Affordable Plant Tissue Culture
for the Classroom and Home"

Carol M. Stiff, Kitchen Culture Kits, Inc., Olympia, Washington;
Janet Clancy, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington; Ann Evancoe, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, New York; and Colleen Fiegel, Ben Franklin High School, New Orleans, Louisiana.

This poster was created as three 2 x 3 foot panels using Microsoft Powerpoint, and then transformed to pdf format using the Adobe Acrobat PDFwriter. These files can be viewed (click "View" and then click "Fit Width") using the Adobe Acrobat Reader program, but can not be printed in standard 8.5 x 11 inch format.

• Poster - Part One
• Poster - Part Two
• Poster - Part Three

Suppliers of Difficult to Find Supplies:

1.  Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium.

2.  Benzlaminopurine (BAP), a plant hormone that induces shoot formation.

3.  Naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), a plant growth regulator that induces root
     formation.

4.  Plant Preservative Mixture (PPM), a biocide that reduces contamination

5.  Agar, for solidifying the medium (also found in health food stores-see below).

6.  Polypropylene baby food jar caps (for microwave oven or pressure cooker).

• PhytoTechnology Laboratories (phone, fax, and online ordering; accepts credit card orders).
• Kitchen Culture Kits, Inc. (phone, fax, and online ordering; accepts credit card orders).
• Carolina Biological Supply. (Free shipping!!)
• Plant Cell Technology, Inc. offers 30 ml test samples of PPM for $10.00.  Click here for PDF order form.

7.  Plastic (regular) pint jar caps (if you are using a microwave oven).

• Alltrista Corporation (makers of Ball Regular Plastic Storage Caps) Online ordering.  Note: these can sometimes be found in discount stores or hardware stores in the canning section.

8.  pH papers.

• Kitchen Culture Kits, Inc.
• NASCO Science Catalog
• NaDCC (pool and spa supply stores)

9.  Other plant tissue culture resources.

• Carol's Resource Page

Area Mentors:

The North Dakota State Biotech Club would be willing to serve as mentors for anyone in the Fargo, ND area. They can be contacted through email at their website:

http://buzz.acm.ndsu.nodak.edu/NDSU_BIOTECH/

Contact Carol Stiff at kck@turbonet.com to locate a mentor in your area.

Training Opportunities:

• Philip White Memorial Award
• Society for In Vitro Biology yearly meetings will be offering plant tissue culture training for K-14 teachers in future meetings. Contact Carol Stiff for further information.
• National Association for Biology Teachers Education Site.