Potato minitubers G0 and high plant health tissue culture

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

Toolangi Elite is one of Australia’s leading accredited minituber production facilities, supporting the supply of high-quality certified seed potatoes to the Australian potato industry.

 Toolangi Elite specialises in tissue culture, pathogen-tested plant material, and minituber production, operating within strict biosecurity and quality assurance systems. The facility plays a critical role in the early-generation seed potato pathway, helping underpin productive, reliable, and resilient potato crops across Australia.

 With experienced specialist staff, modern laboratory and production systems, and a strong focus on innovation and traceability, Toolangi Elite is committed to delivering quality planting material that supports growers, seed producers, and the long-term sustainability of the potato industry.

Toolangi Elite and AuSPICA

Toolangi Elite operates under independently audited quality assurance and certification systems to ensure high standards of plant health, traceability, and production integrity.

 

Our laboratory, tissue culture, and minituber production systems are routinely reviewed through external auditing, independent diagnostic testing, and certification oversight processes. This provides confidence that production standards, biosecurity procedures, and varietal management systems are robust, transparent, and consistently applied.

What We Do

What We Do

Toolangi Elite produces high-quality early-generation seed potatoes for the Australian potato industry through specialist tissue culture and minituber production systems.

 Our work includes:

  • Tissue culture multiplication and maintenance
  • Pathogen-tested planting material production
  • Certified minituber production
  • Variety management, traceability, and clean stock maintenance
  • Plant health and biosecurity testing
  • Support for Plant Breeder’s Rights (PBR) protected varieties and proprietary potato programs
  • Support for certified seed potato programs

Operating under strict quality assurance and biosecurity systems, Toolangi Elite helps provide the foundation for reliable, productive, and sustainable potato production across Australia.

Who We Are

Toolangi Elite has a team of professionally trained laboratory technicians that monitor and produce quality potato plantlets and minitubers.

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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...

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