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Somatic Embryogenesis in Fruit and Forest Trees of Arid Zone

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Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants

Part of the book series: Forestry Sciences ((FOSC,volume 67))

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The application of tissue culture methods to the propagation of plants has dramatically altered the way plants are routinely propagated. As tissue culture technology continues to expand and improve, these techniques will be applied to the growing list of plant species. Most of the species that are presently being propagated on a large-scale through tissue culture are herbaceous, ornamental, fruit and forest trees. This technology provides the opportunity to produce in large number uniform, disease-free arid zone hardy plants where lack of method for vegetative propagation, uniformity and/ or virus infestation had been previously a serious problem. Tissue culture propagation is not likely to be applied in the near future to crops that are easily and satisfactorily propagated through other conventional methods. But there are a large number of species, many of which are important agronomically and horticultural crops, that are reproduce asexually and could get benefit from this technology. Unfortunately, conventional vegetative propagation practices can lead to the spread of plant pathogens, resulting in the loss of yield and quality. But, through tissue culture, methods for producing pathogen-free stock plants can successfully be generated and maintained in vitro, which ultimately increase the productivity on cultivation.

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