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Androgenic haploids were found in two species of the genusNicotiana in which they have not been reported previously. Anthers at the stage of uninucleate microspores were cultivated on synthetic medium with the addition of indole-3-acetic acid.
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Vyskot, B., Novák, F.J. Experimental androgenesisin vitro inNicotiana clevelandii gray andN. sanderae hort.. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 44, 138–140 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02981927
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