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Micropropagation of Cucumis spp.

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Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 19))

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The genus Cucumis, belonging to the Cucurbitaceae, grows throughout the world, from the tropics to the temperate zones. Cucumis sativus L. is believed to have been cultivated in India some 3000 years ago and has been known in the Mediterranean region since the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. Cucumis comprises nearly 40 species, of which several are important market crops, C. sativus L. and C. melo L. being the main ones (Whitaker and Davis 1962; Esquinaz-Alcazar and Gulick 1983).

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  1. Department of Agricultural Botany and the Warburg Center for Biotechnology in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot, 76100, Israel

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Ziv, M. (1992). Micropropagation of Cucumis spp.. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) High-Tech and Micropropagation III. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07770-2_5

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