Abstract
Chayote (Sechium edule) belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family, an important family at the nutritional and medicinal levels, that has been covering international markets. Having vigorous and healthy plants is important for producers, who are very interested in cultivating chayote plants obtained from in vitro tissue culture in their orchards. Bioreactors have become an alternative with high potential for plant propagation, showing significant advantages over micropropagation in semisolid medium, by generating more plant material, larger, and more vigorous. In this chapter, a micropropagation protocol of S. edule in RITA® bioreactors is reported.
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Ramírez-Trejo, L., Núñez-Pastrana, R., Soto-Contreras, A. (2024). Micropropagation of Chayote (Sechium edule L.) var. virens levis in RITA®. In: Ramírez-Mosqueda, M.A., Cruz-Cruz, C.A. (eds) Micropropagation Methods in Temporary Immersion Systems. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2759. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3654-1_10
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