Virus-Free Garlic Seed Production

Viruses are diseases that bring a lot of economic damage to garlic production, causing losses of 30 to 50% in productivity, especially because this crop relies on vegetative reproduction through garlic bulbils (cloves). If virus-infected bulbils are used to start a plantation, the crop is damaged and there is a reduction in yield and a drop in garlic quality.

The virus-free garlic seed is a technology-based on a clonal cleaning process, that is, a laboratory-based technique that provides for in vitro multiplication and a series of tests to completely eliminate viruses and other harmful microorganisms from the plant.

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