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Description

Agar, Plant Tissue Culture is an essential to have in the lab if working with plant media. This agar supports seed fermentation, cell and tissue culture, and plant propagation. 

This superior choice has been extensively tested for bacterial contamination as well as chemical impurities. Agar, Plant Tissue Culture is a fine powder, ready to be dissolved at a concentration of 7-12 g/L in liquid media at 100°C. Gel strength is ≥500 g/cm2.

We recommend adding this agar to any of our plant media products, including over 50 modifications of Murashige and Skoog (MS) Medium. After autoclaving, pour your plant media into a petri dish, test tube, or Magenta™ Plant Tissue Culture Box. If you are interested in creating your own custom plant media formula using our Agar, Plant Tissue Culture, we are here to accomodate your needs!


bioWORLD's products are supplied for LABORATORY RESEARCH USE ONLY. The product may not be used as a drug, agricultural or pesticidal product, food additive or as a household chemical.

 

Properties

Shelf life

5 years

Storage Temperature

RT

ECCN #

EAR99

European Com.#

232-658-1

Hazmat Ship

Non-hazardous

Appearance color

Off-white to light yellow

Appearance form

Fine powder

Molecular Formula

(C12H18O9)n

Melting point

85 - 95°C

Gel Strength

Gelling Temperature

34-38°C

Solubility Color

Clear to light yellow

Solubility (@ RT)

Soluble in water, 100°C