{"id":15554,"date":"2026-06-20T12:43:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/yiifswa-ii-participates-in-commercial-plant-tissue-culture-production-training\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:32:11","slug":"yiifswa-ii-participates-in-commercial-plant-tissue-culture-production-training","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/yiifswa-ii-participates-in-commercial-plant-tissue-culture-production-training\/","title":{"rendered":"YIIFSWA-II participates in commercial plant tissue culture production training"},"content":{"rendered":"On 17 January, YIIFSWA-II\u2019s Tissue Culture Specialist,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/balogun-morufat\/\"><u>Morufat Balogun<\/u><\/a>\u00a0attended a one-day training on commercial plant tissue culture production hosted by Phytotech LABS in Chicago, Illinois, USA.\n\nAccording to Balogun, the participants learned about plant tissue culture best practices and participated in hands-on training to bolster the theoretical lessons of the workshop. She said, \u201cThe training was a great refresher course that provided the opportunity to learn from one of the industry\u2019s greats, Dr Mike Kane of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufl.edu\/\"><u>Universit\u00e9 de Floride<\/u><\/a>, among others, as well as to keep up-to-date with current trends and development in plant tissue culture industry.\u201d\n<div id=\"attachment_5728\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 1209px\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28185\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/YIIFSWA-II-participates-p01_edited-300x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1209\" height=\"606\" \/>Morufat Balogun giving a presentation.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nWith the institutionalization of formal seed systems, particularly for vegetatively propagated crops like yam, a tissue culture method known as micropropagation is widely used for the commercial production of quality planting material. The significant advantages of using micropropagation for commercial propagation of Early Generation Seed (EGS) tubers are that large numbers of true-to-type, disease-free plantlets can be obtained from a single plant in a short period, propagation can be done throughout the year, and propagating materials can be accommodated in a small space.\n\nWhen asked how the knowledge was going to be utilized, Balogun stated: \u201cThe knowledge gained from the training will be used to backstop key partners involved in the production of EGS in Nigeria and Ghana. In 2019, the project facilitated the capacity building of key National Agricultural Research Institutes (NARIs) and private organizations through training and the provision of infrastructure for EGS production.\n<div id=\"attachment_5731\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 965px\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28186\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/YIIFSWA-II-participates-p02-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"965\" height=\"484\" \/>Tissue culture propagation.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\u201cIn 2020, these seed enterprises will embark on commercial EGS production to kick start the formal seed yam system. Therefore, the knowledge gained will enable us to provide them with up-to-date technical know-how and back\u00adstopping when the need arises,\u201d she concluded.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 17 January, YIIFSWA-II\u2019s Tissue Culture Specialist, Morufat Balogun attended a one-day training on commercial plant tissue culture production hosted by Phytotech LABS in Chicago, Illinois, USA.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":15555,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[1387],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[162],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[198],"class_list":["post-15554","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-iita-news-no-2523plant-tissue-culturetraininguniversity-of-floridausayiifswa-ii","location-usa","item-year-198"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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