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Molecular Basis of Somatic Embryogenesis

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Book cover Somatic Embryogenesis and Synthetic Seed I

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

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Somatic embryogenesis is an ideal system for the investigation of the differentiation process in plants. In contrast to zygotic embryogenesis, somatic embryogenesis can easily be observed, the external conditions of the embryo can be controlled, and large quantities of embryos can be easily obtained, etc.

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  1. R. Kawahara

    Present address: Gene Bank, Tsukuba Life Science Center, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), 3-1-1 Koyadai, Tsububa, Ibaraki 305, Japan

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  1. Biological Institute, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Japan

    R. Kawahara

  2. Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Japan Women’s University, Mejiro, Tokyo, 113, Japan

    A. Komamine

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  1. A-137, New Friends Colony, 110065, New Delhi, India

    Y. P. S. Bajaj

  2. Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, India

    Y. P. S. Bajaj

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Kawahara, R., Komamine, A. (1995). Molecular Basis of Somatic Embryogenesis. 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_3

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