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Tissue culture, and its probable future developments, have the potential to greatly accelerate the genetic improvement of forest yield. Initially, improvement will result from the micropropagation of superior genotypes. Later, however, tissue culture may provide the essential route back to whole plants from germplasm, selected or further improved by new biotechnologies.
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Timmis, R., El-Nil, M.M.A., Stonecypher, R.W. (1987). Potential Genetic Gain Through Tissue Culture. In: Bonga, J.M., Durzan, D.J. (eds) Cell and Tissue Culture in Forestry. Forestry Sciences, vol 24-26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0994-1_12
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