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Breeding of Paphiopedilum

Produced mostly in Asia, Paphiopedilum is one of the most widely cultivated and popular species in the orchid family. Since Paphiopedilum is less ornamental, the varieties used commercially for mass production are mostly hybrids, which have a wide variety and are easy to cultivate. Paphiopedilum is now mainly propagated rapidly using tissue culture technology, which supports establishing a regeneration system for Paphiopedilum plants. The breeding goal of Paphiopedilum is to breed varieties with improved flower color, flower type, flower fragrance, and resistance to adversity.

Lifeasible is dedicated to breeding and improving Paphiopedilum varieties by establishing and optimizing various genetic transformation systems mediated by Agrobacterium, gene gun transgenic technology, and polyploid mutagenic breeding technology using genetic engineering breeding technology.

What We Follow

The progress of Paphiopedilum cell engineering, genetic engineering, and other biotechnology, the success of the somatic embryogenesis pathway, the healing tissue pathway, and the protoplast pathway to regenerate Paphiopedilum plants have supported the improvement of Paphiopedilum varieties.

What We Follow

Figure 1. Flower morphological characteristics of six Paphiopedilum species. (Sun Y, et al., 2022)Figure 1. Flower morphological characteristics of six Paphiopedilum species. (Sun Y, et al., 2022)

What We Provide

Flower Color Improvement

The native species of Paphiopedilum have rich flower colors, mainly pink, red, white, yellow, etc. By analyzing the Paphiopedilum anthocyanin synthesis pathway, we can regulate the expression of key genes related to Paphiopedilum flower color synthesis and change the accumulation of anthocyanins, thus changing the flower color of Paphiopedilum.

Vase Life Improvement

Although the entire inflorescence of Paphiopedilum can last for 1-2 months, however, most of the individual flowers last for a shorter period of time. We can clone the ACS gene fragment of Paphiopedilum to construct an antisense plant expression vector to reduce the level and activity of endogenous ethylene ACC synthase and to obtain new Paphiopedilum varieties with an extended flowering period.

Flower Type Improvement

Flower type is an important ornamental trait of Paphiopedilum. Our scientists have been working on breeding Paphiopedilum species with beautiful and diverse flower types.

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The molecular breeding of ornamental flowers is a complex and difficult operation, and we are limited in our services. If you would like to learn more about breeding ornamental flowers, please click to jump to the following pages.

Lifeasible provides the most comprehensive and efficient solutions for breeding ornamental flowers. We are committed to helping our customers cultivate more ornamental flowers. We look forward to providing you with the most professional and efficient service to meet your individual needs. If you are interested in our services or have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Reference

  1. Sun Y, et al. Comparative Analysis of the Complete Chloroplast Genomes of Nine Paphiopedilum Species. Front Genet. 2022 Feb 4; 12: 772415.

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