potato varieties are included in the state register. they are stored in so -called healthy grade banks. one of them is located at the lorch institute of potato growingkes the original certified test tubes. our task is to replicate this source material, test tube microplants. for planting in protected soil , we can produce up to 50,000 of these microplants by the time of planting - this is the month of may. the process consists of several stages: first you need to prepare a nutrient medium. we we pour it into test tubes, then these test tubes will be sterilized in autoclaves, cooled down and then into... microplants to achieve just 50 , so we replicate our thousands of pieces for spring planting, then the jars, containers and test tubes are sent to the phytotron, this room, where plants gain vegetative mass, optimal conditions for growth are created here, that is... microtubers are ripening in their containers, they will soon be sent to greenhouses, well, microplants can be seen in test tubes, they are needed for further replication, in a warehouse in koshir, already grown potatoes are sorted, large ones are sent... they were not produced on the terr