Kauri root cultures

After I had thoroughly washed and sterilised the kauri roots, I plated some tiny samples of kauri root under the guidance of Isabel, a graduate student working at Landcare in the summer holidays.

After every fifth plate, a sample was taken but put to one side and labelled with a 'V' to denote it as a control, to check the sterilisation process.  I was very pleased to see that there had been no growth on these plates after days of incubation time, demonstrating that my cleaning and sterilisation process was robust and thorough.

One of the control plates