Plant cutting and transplanting apparatus for culturing a plant tissue

Abstract

A plant cutting and transplanting apparatus comprises a plant cutting/transplantation room accommodating a first culture box in which multiplied plants to be cut are planted, and a second culture box in which nodular pieces made by cutting the plants are transplanted; a cutting device adapted to cut, in one lot, the plants in the first culture box to the form of nodular pieces and configured to allow the nodular pieces to rest on the edges thereof, the cutting device being arranged so as to be moved vertically and transversely above the space where the first and second culture boxes are placed; and a blade device having a blade for shaking down the nodular pieces which rest on the cutter and which have been moved to a position above the second culture box. The apparatus further comprises nozzle device for spraying a cleaning liquid to sterilize the cutting and transplanting room; tanks each containing a liquid sterilizing agent and an aseptic liquid; a machine room located above the cutting and transplantation room; driver means for driving the cutting device and the blade device; supporting means connected to the drivers and supporting the cutter and the blade; and a filter for supplying sterile air into the cutting/transplantation room to keep the room in an aseptic condition.

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