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Mass propagation of some ornamentals in vitro is one of the best and most successful examples of the commercial application of tissue culture technology. Multimillion dollar industries have been set up around the world to meet the growing demand for quality plants. The technique has great potential for rapid, large scale and true to type multiplication. Moreover, under several situations the plants thus obtained are devoid of pathogens. The rapid propagation in vitro is usually achieved through shoot bud/shoot proliferation (Pierik, 1990), induction of bulbs/ corms (Ziv, 1990) and through somatic embryogenesis (Ammirato, 1989). It is likely that improvement of somatic embryogenesis coupled with encapsulation technology and automation of multiplication systems will certainly boost the micropropagation industry.
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Gosal, S.S., Grewal, H.S. (1991). Tissue culture propagation: Problems and potentials. In: Prakash, J., Pierik, R.L.M. (eds) Horticulture — New Technologies and Applications. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3176-6_30
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