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Immature embryos of the potato were culturedin vitro, and grown to seedlings of a size that could be transplanted to soil in pots. Embryos excised and transplanted to culture medium seventeen days after pollination were grown successfully.
Embryos may be cultured as early as fourteen days after pollination provided whole ovules are transplanted to the culture medium, and if the embryos are excised from the ovules and re-transplanted about ten days later.
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Paper No. 307, Department of Plant Breeding, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
This work is a part of the research problem presented in a major thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
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Haynes, F.L. Potato embryo culture. American Potato Journal 31, 282–288 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02861636
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02861636