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In Vitro Embryogenesis: Some Historical Issues and Unresolved Problems

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In Vitro Embryogenesis in Plants

Part of the book series: Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture ((PSBA,volume 20))

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Readers interested in a general discussion of the history of plant tissue culture cannot do better than to read the first two chapters of Philip White’s book, The Cultivation of Animal and Plant cells [1]. White was a pioneer in the 1930s and 1940s, along with R.J. Gautheret and P. Nobecourt, in developing tissue culture techniques.

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  1. Plant Physiology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Trevor A. Thorpe

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Halperin, W. (1995). In Vitro Embryogenesis: Some Historical Issues and Unresolved Problems. In: Thorpe, T.A. (eds) In Vitro Embryogenesis in Plants. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 20. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0485-2_1

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