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From cotyledons of immature nuts of Juglans nigra, J. major and interspecific hybrids, it is possible to obtain somatic embryogenesis. Some embryos could give whole plants, but most of them show abnormal development (swelling, chlorophyll deficiency...).
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Cornu, D. (1988). Somatic embryogenesis in tissue cultures of walnut (Juglans nigra, J. major and hybrids J. nigra * J. regia).. In: Ahuja, M.R. (eds) Somatic Cell Genetics of Woody Plants. Forestry Sciences, vol 30. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2811-4_5
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