A Journey to Potato Seed Production
Tucked away in Toolangi, just north of Healesville in Victoria’s Yarra Ranges, is Toolangi Elite, known to many as the birthplace of potato tissue culture in Australia.
About Toolangi Elite
Since 2010, the not-for-profit organisation Toolangi Elite has been producing quality certified minitubers as one of Australia’s eight accredited mini-tuber producers. Toolangi Elite is where approximately 50 percent of Australia’s certified potatoes start their life.
Toolangi Elite and AuSPICA
Toolangi Elite is externally audited to meet the requirements of the AuSPICA accredited minituber production scheme.
What We Do
The Toolangi Elite business continues to adopt new technology and automation of processes to enhance the quality of minitubers produced and, in doing so, achieve cost competitive production to ensure affordable products for you, our customers, and the industry more widely.
Who We Are
Toolangi Elite has a team of professionally trained laboratory technicians that monitor and produce quality potato plantlets and minitubers.
Read Our Blogs
Star Performance
Record Tissue Culture production Management and the Board are very proud of the talented team at Toolangi Elite. While COVID-19 restrictions may restrict us from celebrating their achievement locally, it is important the organisation celebrates and acknowledges their...
Application of new and emerging technology in tissue culture production
Application of LED light technology to enhance plant growth. The Toolangi Elite laboratory is evaluating new light management technologies to achieve the optimal plantlet growth and the improvements on minituber production. A...
Sustainable and secure tissue culture and minituber production
Solar systems at Toolangi Elite are fully operational and all the power required to run the cool store and the majority of the polyhouses is generated by renewable energy. In addition, two standby generators (110kw and 60kw) have been installed which can effectively...
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