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Micropropagation Through Somatic Embryos

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Somatic Embryogenesis and Synthetic Seed I

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 30))

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Commercial micropropagation is a challenging plant biotechnology industry that offers new methods of plant production. A micropropagation system exploits the morphogenic potential of existing growing points or meristems within the plant (Giles and Morgan 1987).

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Denchev, P.D., Atanassov, A.I. (1995). Micropropagation Through Somatic Embryos. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Somatic Embryogenesis and Synthetic Seed I. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03091-2_13

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