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There might be concerns from the industry that tissue culture plants could have juvenile traits (take too long or never produce fruit). These are valid concerns and the issue varies from variety to variety or even among different clones of the same variety. There are however growing techniques that can be applied at the nursery to avoid juvenility traits from happening.

The slogan from the National Clean Plant Network is to “Start clean, stay clean”. It is important to have nursery programs that produce the cleanest (disease tested) material. However, if the plants are grown carelessly, likely these plants will become reinfected. Therefore, my hope is that this article will provide guidelines to allow the planting material to remain clean after the effort and

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Judit Monis, Ph.D. provides specialized services to help growers, vineyard managers, and nursery personnel avoid the propagation and transmission of disease caused by bacteria, fungi, and viruses in their vineyard blocks. Judit (based in California) is fluent in Spanish and is available to consult in all wine grape growing regions of the word. Please visit juditmonis.com for information or contact juditmonis@yahoo.com to request a consulting session at your vineyard.