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Flower Apices cultured in vitro

Nature volume 211, pages 990–991 (1966)Cite this article

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ALTHOUGH there are numerous reports dealing with the culture of plant tissues in vitro, there have been few successful attempts to culture isolated flower primordia. A suitable technique would, however, be valuable for many morphogenetic investigations, and therefore attempts have been made to culture buds of two species of Viscaria.

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BLAKE, J. Flower Apices cultured in vitro. Nature 211, 990–991 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211990b0

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