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An efficient procedure is described for the rapid in vitro clonal propagation of red beets (Beta vulgaris ssp.) from cultured shoot tips. Propagation was through a tillering response of the rosette plantlets or through multiple adventitious bud formation on the petioles. Histological analysis of petiole sections indicated that buds arise from single cells of the upper epidermis.
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Harms, C.T., Baktir, I. & Oertli, J.J. Clonal propagation in vitro of red beet (Beta vulgaris ssp.) by multiple adventitious shoot formation. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 2, 93–102 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00043354
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