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Micropropagation of Cedar (Thuja spp.)

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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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Thuja is a small genus in the Cupressaceae family. There are six species, two native to North America and four to Asia, and these species are commonly referred to as arborvitae (tree of life) or cedar. Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don or western red cedar is found on the west coast of Canada and the United States from Alaska to northern California, and T. occidentalis L. or eastern white cedar ranges from Nova Scotia in eastern Canada to North Carolina. Asian species include T. koraiensis Nakai or Korean arborvitae, T. standishii (Gord.) Carr or Japanese arborvitae, T. sutchuensis Franch. or Chinese arborvitae, and T. orientalis L. or oriental cedar found in northern China and Korea and widely cultivated in Europe and the United States (USDA 1974).

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    T. A. Thorpe

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Harry, I.S., Thorpe, T.A. (1992). Micropropagation of Cedar (Thuja spp.). 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_4

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