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Woody Plant Biotechnology: Perspectives and Limitations

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Woody Plant Biotechnology

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Woody plant biotechnology has come of age. Basic techniques in the biotechnology of other plants also work in woody plants. Regeneration of plants, clonal fidelity, somaclonal variation, protoplast regeneration and somatic hybridization, gene transfer and molecular genetics, and preservation of germplasm are briefly reviewed. A number of questions, issues and problems in the application of biotechnology to woody plants are discussed.

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Ahuja, M.R. (1991). Woody Plant Biotechnology: Perspectives and Limitations. In: Ahuja, M.R. (eds) Woody Plant Biotechnology. NATO ASI Series, vol 210. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7932-4_1

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