Effective Use of Synthetic Seed Technology in the

The synthetic seed technology is becoming popular due to its wideapplication in germplasm conservation and for exchanges between countries inthe floriculture trade. in this study, this method was used to study the germinationand conversion capabilities of orchid species dendrobium white fairy whenstored at different storage times and with different storage containers. a highgermination percentage of 80% was observed for encapsulated synthetic seedsup to 150 days of storage in petri dishes and screw capped polypropylene tubesand this percentage only began to decline gradually from 150 storage days andmore. besides that, synthetic seeds stored in polypropylene tubes were shownto germinate faster and develop into plantlets with longer shoots and roots ascompared to those stored in the petri dishes. this proved the efficiency andsuitability of polypropylene tubes over petri dishes as storage containers.