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Microbial contamination is one of the most critical and frequently occurring problems in plant tissue culture. In previous experiments with several woody genera such as Castanea, [1–3] Ligustrum, Spirea, Syringa [4], Corylus, Populus, Salix [5], and others we worked out some successful techniques to establish contamination-free cultures. In most cases the available plant material was in very limited quantity, received from the breeding project of the American Chestnut Foundation [1,2], or as a part of a special plant exchange program with the University of Horticulture and Food, Budapest, Hungary [5] ; thus, it was extremely important not to lose any culture because of contamination problems.
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Szendrák, E., Read, P.E., Yang, G. (1997). Prevention and Elimination of Contamination for in vitro Culture of Several Woody Species. In: Cassells, A.C. (eds) Pathogen and Microbial Contamination Management in Micropropagation. Developments in Plant Pathology, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8951-2_29
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