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PRODUCED IN CETS LLC PHYTOTRONS IMPROVE YIELDS AND REDUCE COSTS By Janina Petrick, CETS LLC Managing Partner CETS LLC (Controlled Environmental Technology System) is a supplier of innovative equipment proven to be the most efficient technology for producing AstroTubersTM (nuclear material, the earliest generation in potato production).
any climate.
Their patented technology (both US and foreign patents) uses computer controlled growth phytotrons, for the production of AstroTubers every sixty days in any geographic location and in
Ten CETS phytotrons in a 30-square meter production area annually produces 100,000+ AstroTubers, using only 150 tissue plantlets in sanitary conditions that require only
This unique technology minimizes the time required for introduction of new varieties and maximizes the availability of desired quantities of seed material in the shortest time possible.
45 days to break dormancy for initial field planting. The traditional way to grow tubers is via use of greenhouses, which only produce one or two crops per year and needs thousands of expensive plantlets (versus 150) that are typically produced in the laboratory following a very strict sterol (versus sanitized) procedure requiring costly sterol conditions and use of expensive chemicals. These plantlets are not easy to grow, expensive to transport and suffer high mortality rates when planted directly in screen, glass or field conditions. A greenhouse environment is susceptible to disease and once infected, almost impossible and very costly to clean.
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