Tissue culture produces plants that are genetically stable and physiologically strong.
The Institute for Plant Biotechnology of the Central University of Las Villas in Cuba has developed a cost-effective solar energy method for producing plants in the laboratory. He visited a number of sites in Grenada, which has a similar climate to that of Cuba, to assess their suitability for the installation of a new biotechnology centre. After labour, the most significant costs involved in setting up a new centre are for its construction and the electricity required to light and maintain the correct ambient temperature inside its chambers. Initially it should produce one million plants per year using the tissue-culture technique. The expert interviewed staff at the five sites visited and suggested that the centre should be constructed at an existing laboratory at Maran, St John's.