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In vitro conservation of potato germplasm at the International Potato Center

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The last decade has seen growing awareness of the value of germplasm conservation.In vitro maintenance of germplasm can offer many advantages as a complement to field maintenance. The International Potato Center (CIP) has actively researched a wide range of methods for effectivein vitro maintenance in its large potato germplasm collection. This review describes the methodology applied by CIP and discusses new research now being undertaken to study the genetic stability of these storage methods.

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    Rolando Lizarraga, Zosimo Huaman & John H. Dodds

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Lizarraga, R., Huaman, Z. & Dodds, J.H. In vitro conservation of potato germplasm at the International Potato Center. American Potato Journal 66, 253–269 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02853449

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