Sumitomo Forestry: Estimated 400-year-old bonsai plum: Proliferated by tissue culture
Sumitomo Forestry:
We have succeeded in breeding three varieties of Bonbai * 1 (350-400 years old) owned by the Nagahama Tourism Association.
Tissue culture growth:
This is the second case of tissue culture of old plum trees, following the “2015 Kyoto Kitano Tenmangu Shrine Main Hall Mikamiki”.
The grown bonbai saplings will be exhibited at the “Nagahama bonbai exhibition” scheduled to be held next spring.
plum pox virus:
In recent years, “plum pox virus (PPV)”, which widely infects Rosaceae plants such as plums and peaches, has spread all over the world.
Valuable “Nagahama Bonbai”:
Sumitomo Forestry has started tissue culture to pass on the historically valuable “Nagahama Bonbai” to future generations.
We will continue to promote efforts to connect historically and socially valuable trees to future generations.
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Sumitomo Forestry
This is the second case of tissue culture of old plum trees, following the 2015 Shinto tree in front of the main shrine of Kitano Tenmangu in Kyoto.
The grown bonbai saplings will be exhibited at the “Nagahama bonbai exhibition” scheduled to be held next spring.
In the 1960s, tissue culture techniques were developed in addition to traditional growth methods such as cuttings and grafting.
We have elucidated the conditions necessary for growth in tissue culture and succeeded in growing the precious Bonbai.