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Breeding and Biotechnology of Tea and its Wild Species

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The importance of in vitro multiplication are well-known. It is especially important for woody perennial plants such as tea and its wild species. Several aspects of micropropagation such as media composition, various hardening tool such as biological hardening, microgratfing and importantly field performance are described in this chapter. Bottle necks of tea micropropagation area also illustrated along with their solutions.

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Mondal, T. (2014). Micropropagation. In: Breeding and Biotechnology of Tea and its Wild Species. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1704-6_3

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