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Micropropagated plants, an opportunity to positively manage mycorrhizal activities

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Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizas on Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Ecosystems

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Plant biotechnology arouses great interest in both developed and developing countries because of its vast impact on agriculture. In plant biotechnology, the emphasis is on manpower rather than on expensive equipment. Among plant biotechnologies, micropropagation is often cited as the most successful example of a laboratory curiosity which has become an important commercial industry. The fast growing industry of micropropagation was illustrated by O’Riordain (1992), who found a three- to fourfold increase in the number of European commercial and official micropropagation laboratories between 1982 and 1992. Nowadays micropropagation is the most widely and successfully used technology by private companies for the mass production of horticultural plants: ornamentals, fruits, vegetables, plantation crops and spices.

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  1. Laukaa Research and Elite Plant Unit, Agricultural Research Centre of Finland, FIN-41340, Laukaa, Finland

    M. Vestberg

  2. Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimantàries, Centre de Cabrils s/n, E-08348, Cabrils (Barcelona), Spain

    V. Estaún

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  1. Laboratoire de Phytoparasitologie, INRA/CNRS, SGAP, INRA, BV 1540, F - 21034, Dijon Cédex, France

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  2. Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Obst-, Wein- und Gartenanbau, CH-8820, Wädenswil, Switzerland

    H. Schüepp

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Vestberg, M., Estaún, V. (1994). Micropropagated plants, an opportunity to positively manage mycorrhizal activities. In: Gianinazzi, S., Schüepp, H. (eds) Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizas on Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Ecosystems. ALS Advances in Life Sciences. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8504-1_17

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