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A successful micrografting technique was developed for Pistacia vera. High levels of graft union were achieved when shoots from Stage II cultures of four-year-old P. vera. cv. Mateur were grafted onto in vitro-raised seedling rootstocks. Light and fluorescence microscopy investigations revealed that vascular continuity was established across grafts by three weeks.
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Abousalim, A., Mantell, S.H. Micrografting of pistachio (Pistacia vera L. cv. Mateur). Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 29, 231–234 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00034357
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