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Improvement of trees through conventional breeding, and propagation through seed take an unusually long time and the stability of a clone is not ensured. This is especially important in the ornamental trees, where aesthetic appeal, blossom and flower colour are usually important characters which are to be retained in the progeny. This can however be ensured through cloning by micropropagation. In this regard, in vitro technology has been successfully applied to a number of tree species (see Bajaj 1986a).
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Bajaj, Y.P.S. (1989). Some Indian Ornamental Trees: Cassia fistula Linn., Poinciana regia (Boj.) and Jacaranda acutifolia auct.. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Trees II. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61535-1_25
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