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Plant tissue culture media: Major constitutents, their preparation and some applications

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Preparation of manuscript was made possible by a grant to L.-C. H. from the National Science Council through its US/ROC cooperative research program, and the Elvenia J. Slosson Fellowship in Ornamental Horticulture awarded to T. M.

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Huang, LC., Murashige, T. Plant tissue culture media: Major constitutents, their preparation and some applications. Tca Manual 3, 539–548 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00918758

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