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Aquatic ornamentals are generally used for aquarium decorations because of their colored foliage and attractive appearance. Cryptocoryne species are popular due to their easy growth and capacity to thrive for a long time. Cryptocoryne lutea is an excellent mid-ground plant with bright green or bronzy oblong leaves. Rotala rotundifolia is characterized by a rapid growing stem and beautiful growth pattern; for these features it is considered the ideal aquarium plant for beginners. These aquatic plants are usually easily propagated by cutting, but previous studies allowed to develop a suitable protocol of micropropagation. A renewed interest is due to the possibility to obtain synthetic seeds by in vitro-derived propagules to be used in aseptic or in ex vitro conditions for propagation system.
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Micheli, M., Benelli, C. (2019). Synthetic Seeds of Two Aquatic Plants. In: Faisal, M., Alatar, A. (eds) Synthetic Seeds . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24631-0_9
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