Description
Duchefa Plant agar is the preferred choice in Plant cell and Tissue culture as a general purpose agar and combines good quality with a favorable price. Agar is derived from red algae and is comprised of a mix of large polysaccharide agarose molecules and smaller, heterogeneous molecules called agaropectin. 
  Plant agar can be used in a minimal concentration of 5.5 g/L to to obtain a solid gel. 
  Product Specifications
 Plant Agar; 
 agar-agar, Gum agar; 
 Bacto-Agar 
  Gel Strength: >1100 g/cm2 
  Storage/Handling: Store at room  temperature. 
 Preparation: Add Plant Agar to media mix at desired concentration  (minimum 5.5 g/L).  Autoclave media at 121°C for 20 minutes. Remove from  the autoclave immediately and cool to 50°C before pouring plates.