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Somatic Embryogenesis for Mass Cloning of Crop Plants

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Tissue Culture in Forestry and Agriculture

Part of the book series: Basic Life Sciences ((BLSC,volume 32))

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The large-scale cloning of crop plants potentially has broad applications in agriculture (23, 28, 45). The possibility of producing large numbers of plants of a single genotype evokes visions of applications to breeding programs, new seed production methods, and even an alternative to normal crop production from seeds. Over the last 10 to 15 years tissue culture techniques have found wide use in the commercial propagation of horticultural plants, particularly ornamentals, and in the elimination of specific pathogens for the production of pathogen-free plants. There has been little commercial use of tissue culture in the production of agricultural crops. The methods commonly used for the production of horticultural propagules are relatively labor-intensive, low volume, and have high unit costs compared with current agricultural seed practices. Highly mechanized culture systems able to efficiently produce large numbers of propagules must be developed if high-frequency cloning is to be a viable concept.

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    Joseph D. Lutz, James R. Wong, Jan Rowe, David M. Tricoli & Robert H. Lawrence Jr.

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    David M. Tricoli

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Lutz, J.D., Wong, J.R., Rowe, J., Tricoli, D.M., Lawrence, R.H. (1985). Somatic Embryogenesis for Mass Cloning of Crop Plants. In: Henke, R.R., Hughes, K.W., Constantin, M.J., Hollaender, A., Wilson, C.M. (eds) Tissue Culture in Forestry and Agriculture. Basic Life Sciences, vol 32. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0378-5_8

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