. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. culture in 10 square feet what once required 5 acres. Micropropagators also produce landscaping plants, fruit and ornamental trees and even agricultural crops. But this technology is relatively new in its application to repairing Mother Nature. Only three commercial laboratories in the United States are producing wetland plants for habitat restoration. "There really is very little information on horticultural techniques for different kinds of marsh plants and and this is what we're all a
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. culture in 10 square feet what once required 5 acres. Micropropagators also produce landscaping plants, fruit and ornamental trees and even agricultural crops. But this technology is relatively new in its application to repairing Mother Nature. Only three commercial laboratories in the United States are producing wetland plants for habitat restoration. "There really is very little information on horticultural techniques for different kinds of marsh plants and and this is what we're all about," says Bird, who has also helped develop a micropropagation procedure for several important dune species, including sea oats, firewheel and railroad vine. "Seagrasses are particularly unique," he says. "They're really more closely related to lilies and some of the other water-type plants as opposed to being anywhere close to true grasses. Because they're so we're finding that we may not always be able to take the conventional tissue- culture approaches that a lot of plant propagators ; So Bird and a community of close-knit researchers on the East Coast are developing their own formulas to suit the particular needs of these marine plants. Much of this work has been supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through Sea Grant and the Coastal Ocean Program's Estua- rine Habitat Program. These agencies are investing in this research to fulfill their responsibilities to protect living marine resources. One regional seagrass success story is Ruppia, or wigeongrass, which has already made the transition from test tube to turf. Tissue-cultured wigeongrass has flourished in Florida's Tampa and Sarasota bays and at sites near Beaufort, This real-world survival of tissue-cultured plants is a critical goal of microprop- agators. "They've been growing in this perfect environment, so to speak, where we provide the
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