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Somatic Embryogenesis and Synthetic Seed in Apium graveolens (Celery)

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Somatic Embryogenesis and Synthetic Seed II

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

Abstract

Celery (Apium graveolens) is normally a biennial plant, but can complete its life cycle in a year if subjected to low temperatures. In the vegetative phase (the first year) the plant is composed mostly of petioles and leaves (60 cm in height), with a condensed shoot that does not elongate. The stem elongates during the second year, after vernalization, and the plant grows to 1–2 m in height. The stem terminates in a compound umbellate flower. Two types of celery are grown for commercial use: the green and the golden, self-balancing varieties.

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  1. AGECOTEC, Moshav Kfar Pines, Post Karkur, 37920, Israel

    B. L. Nadel

  2. Dept. of Horticulture, The Otto Warburg Center for Biotechnology in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O.B. 12, Rehovot 76–100, Israel

    A. Altman

  3. Dept. of Agricultural Botany, The Otto working center for Biotechnology in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 76–100, Israel

    M. Ziv

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Nadel, B.L., Altman, A., Ziv, M. (1995). Somatic Embryogenesis and Synthetic Seed in Apium graveolens (Celery). 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_25

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