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Somatic Embryogenesis in Daylily (Hemerocallis)

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Somatic Embryogenesis and Synthetic Seed II

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 31))

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Daylilies (Hemerocallis species and cultivars) are herbaceous perennials much sought after for their showy albeit very short-lived blooms. The mature plant is comprised of fans (ramets) consisting of an underground stem (rhizome), an expansive fibrous or fibrous-tuberous root system, and strap-shaped leaves. Axillary buds can be forced to yield vegetative separations. The deciduous or evergreen foliage consists of sheathed-at-the-base, heavily ribbed leaves which when mature (Fitter and Krikorian 1985; Smith et al. 1989) are long and two- ranked. Flowers are borne on a scape, often branched and largely leafless but with bracts, and shoot propagules (“proliferations”). Flower buds per scape may vary from around 5 to 20 (Wilkins 1985).

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  1. D. L. Smith

    Present address: Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 115W, University Parkway, 21210, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 11794-5215, Stony Brook, New York, USA

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Krikorian, A.D., Kann, R.P., Smith, D.L. (1995). Somatic Embryogenesis in Daylily (Hemerocallis) . In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Somatic Embryogenesis and Synthetic Seed II. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 31. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78643-3_23

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