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Callus, Suspension Culture, and Hairy Roots. Induction, Maintenance and Characterization

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Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 877))

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The growth is a characteristic of each culture and it is determinate by the origin of the species, culture conditions, and type of culture. In this chapter, we make a comparison of the different growth parameters among three different species and three different types of cultures.

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This work was supported by a grant from CONACYT for Jatropha work.

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  1. Unidad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Plantas, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México

    Rosa M. Galáz-Ávalos, Sagrario Aguilar-Díaz, Pedro A. Xool-González, Silvia M. Huchín-May & Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas

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Galáz-Ávalos, R.M., Aguilar-Díaz, S., Xool-González, P.A., Huchín-May, S.M., Loyola-Vargas, V.M. (2012). Callus, Suspension Culture, and Hairy Roots. Induction, Maintenance and Characterization. In: Loyola-Vargas, V., Ochoa-Alejo, N. (eds) Plant Cell Culture Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 877. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-818-4_3

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