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Variation in phenotype of plants produced in tissue culture can be characterized as either transient or permanent. Transient variation includes such characteristics as increased branching of plants, greater susceptibility to disease, and lack of uniform response to flower induction stimuli. These variations disappear within a few weeks to a few years, depending upon the crop. Some of these variations are useful. For example, increased runnering of tissue cultured strawberry plants is advantageous for nursery production. Increased branching of ornamental foliage plants results in a fuller pot plant, but the effect is lost in subsequent generations in the greenhouse when cuttings are taken from the tissue cultured plants.
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Evans, D.A., Chu, I.Y.E., Hartman, R.D., Swartz, H.J. (1986). Summary of Panel Discussion on Phenotypic and Genotypic Stability of Tissue Cultured Plants. In: Zimmerman, R.H., Griesbach, R.J., Hammerschlag, F.A., Lawson, R.H. (eds) Tissue culture as a plant production system for horticultural crops. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4444-2_7
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