Innovations in Micropropagation of Horticultural Plants: Bridging Research and Industry

Dear Colleagues,

Micropropagation has become a genuine game-changer for modern horticulture, allowing us to generate thousands of uniform, disease-free plants in a fraction of the time it takes under traditional techniques.

This Special Issue welcomes interesting studies and opinion pieces from academic and industry professionals examining the most recent advances in large-scale in vitro regeneration of fruits, ornamentals, vegetables, and medicinal plants.

Share your techno-economic analyses, life-cycle assessments, or hands-on comparisons of manual versus robotic workflows—real data that help readers decide which approach makes sense for their operation. But innovation is not just about the lab. We also want practical insights into the journey from flask to greenhouse bench.

Show us how you are tackling genetic fidelity checks, keeping somaclonal variation in check, and streamlining acclimatization so that tissue-cultured plants thrive the moment they hit soil.

Compelling case studies—whether a university spin-out partnering with a nursery, or a multinational deploying your scaled-up protocol—are especially welcome.

This Special Issue will integrate scientific rigor with practical understanding to delineate the future of commercial micropropagation. We will emphasize consistent, scalable processes that reduce manufacturing durations, decrease costs, and guarantee a dependable supply of high-quality planting materials for farmers universally.

Dr. Mafatlal M. Kher
Guest Editor

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