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Somatic Embryogenesis in Kiwifruit (Actinidia sp.)

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Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants

Part of the book series: Forestry Sciences ((FOSC,volume 59))

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Actinidia is one of the two genera belonging to the family Actinidiaceae (Ferguson et al., 1986). Represented by over 60 species, Actinidia is a dioecious liana, native to China where it has been used for more than 2000 years as a tonic, antipyretic and anticarcinogenic. Kiwifruit selection started in New Zealand at the beginning of this century, having been introduced by a New Zealander who brought the seed from China. The selection process started from a single staminate and two pistillate plants (Jordán and Botti, 1992) and it gave rise to five varieties (Huang and Tan, 1990). Commercial production of kiwifruit commenced in the 1940s and 1950s, and it soon became one of the major horticultural exports of New Zealand. In the 1980s, a controlled kiwifruit breeding programme was initiated in this country.

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Oliveira, M.M. (1999). Somatic Embryogenesis in Kiwifruit (Actinidia sp.). In: Jain, S.M., Gupta, P.K., Newton, R.J. (eds) Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants. Forestry Sciences, vol 59. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4774-3_12

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