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An attempt to reduce the production cost on tissue cultured plants, photoautotrophic culture of a high value orchid Dendrobium was established under CO2-enriched conditions. The shoot length and the number of leaves were almost equal in plantlets grown on medium with 2 % sucrose or without sucrose and under normal or enhanced (40 g m-3) CO2 concentration, whereas the fresh and dry masses were higher in cultures grown in sucrose containing media or under CO2 enrichment. Development of roots was observed only on media without sucrose, but CO2 enrichment did not have significant effects on in vitro rootings.
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Mitra, A., Dey, S. & Sawarkar, S. Photoautotrophic in vitro Multiplication of the Orchid Dendrobium under CO2 Enrichment. Biologia Plantarum 41, 145–148 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1001793306811
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