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Micropropagation of Pear (Pyrus communis L.)

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High-Tech and Micropropagation II

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 18))

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Pears belong to the Rosaceae family. Two species of the genus Pyrus are grown in the temperate climate: Pyrus communis L. in western Europe and America, and P. serotina Redh. (syn. P. pyrifolia Nakai) in Japan. Two other species are cultivated to a lesser extent: P. bretschneideri Redh. in China and P. ussuriensis Maxim, in cold areas of China and the USSR.

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  1. I.N.R.A. Station d’Amélioration des Espèces Fruitières et Ornementales, 49000, Beaucouzé, Angers, France

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  2. Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Tour 53, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252, Paris Cedex 05, France

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Chevreau, E., Thibault, B., Arnaud, Y. (1992). Micropropagation of Pear (Pyrus communis L.). In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) High-Tech and Micropropagation II. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76422-6_13

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