Flora of Turkey possesses approximately 9000 plant species, from which 3000 are endemic. Flowerbulbs (geophytes) are the important part of this rich biodiversity and contain many important endemic and endangered species such as Sternbergia candida, Muscari muscarimi, Fritillaria alburyana and F. whittallii. Besides use as ornamental plants because of their attractive flowers, these species have also a great potential in perfume and pharmaceutical industry. However, the natural propagation rate of most geophytes is relatively low (Arslan et al., 2002) and this often hampers the large-scale field
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Özcan, S. et al. (2007). Efficient In Vitro Bulblet Regeneration from Immature Embryos of Endemic and Endangered Geophyte Species in Sternbergia, Muscari and Fritillaria Genera. In: Xu, Z., Li, J., Xue, Y., Yang, W. (eds) Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture 2006 and Beyond. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6635-1_60
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