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Micropropagation

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Micropropagation is the true-to-type propagation of a selected genotype using in vitro culture techniques. Most often micropropagation is also associated with mass production at a competitive price.

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  1. Department of Horticulture, State University of Gent, Belgium

    P. C. Debergh

  2. United State Department of Agriculture (ARS), Beltsville, Maryland, USA

    R. H. Zimmerman

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Debergh, P.C., Read, P.E. (1991). Micropropagation. In: Debergh, P.C., Zimmerman, R.H. (eds) Micropropagation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2075-0_1

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