Managing Director to Speak at IPPS 50th Meeting

Susana Vanzie-Canton, managing director of Rancho Tissue Technologies (RTT), will be a featured speaker at the International Plant Propagators’ Society’s (IPPS) 50th Anniversary Western Meeting and Tour.

“Susana’s unique background and breadth of experience give her a unique perspective to share with attendees,” says Heather May, founder and owner. “We’re honored that she was asked to join the world’s premiere horticulturists as part of IPPS’ program.”

Vanzie-Canton will speak on Commercial Plant Tissue Culture: Past and Future Perspectives. She shared her insights into the growth and advancement of the tissue culture world, providing an outlook honed through years of personal research as well as time with RTT, a pioneer in the tissue culture industry and the largest producer of tissue-cultured succulents in the U.S. and potentially worldwide.

Vanzie-Canton joined RTT as a researcher valued for her extensive experience in tissue culture, including developing plant tissue culture protocols and mutation induction protocols for several plant species. She was promoted to managing director earlier this year.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from the University of South Florida and a master’s degree in horticulture from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu.

Don’t miss Susana Vanzie-Canton’s talk, Commercial Plant Tissue Culture: Past and Future Perspectives, set for 10:50-11:10 am on Friday, October 2. The IPPS Western Region 50th Anniversary Event will be September 30-October 3 in San Diego, California.

About Rancho Tissue Technologies
Rancho Tissue Technologies (RTT) is the largest producer of tissue-cultured succulents in the U.S. and potentially worldwide. The company develops new, innovative and high quality plant varieties for the horticulture industry. RTT has developed a proven and dependable reputation for providing high-quality liners and micro cuttings that ensure a crop is vigorous and disease-free.

Established in 1987, RTT’s cutting edge, environmentally controlled laboratory and 40,000-square-foot greenhouse is designed to produce up to 4 million plants per year and offer a multitude of services, including multiplication of hard to propagate plants, development of new and improved cultivars, virus eradication through heat-treatment and meristemming, and custom contract growing.

For more information on Rancho Tissue Technologies, please visit www.ranchotissue.com.