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Shoot tips excised from glasshouse-raised seedlings and field-grown plants of cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) were micrografted by a modified side-grafting procedure using in vitro-raised seedling rootstocks. Factors affecting graft-take were optimised. The micro-scion take obtained was in the range 60–80%. The best growth of micro-scions was obtained with hypocotyls rather than with epicotyls as stock tissue. Rooting of micrografted shoots of mature tree origin was poor (13.3%) because the shoots were only partially rejuvenated.
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Mneney, E.E., Mantell, S.H. In vitro micrografting of cashew. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 66, 49–58 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010687629985
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