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Micropropagation Enters a New Commercialization Phase

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  1. John Aynsley, Ph.D., is a specialist in industrial micropropagation

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  2. Donald Diotz, M.B.A., is an agricultural economist

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  3. George H. Kidd, Ph.D., is a consultant in the seed and plant sciences.

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Aynsley, J., Diotz, D. & Kidd, G. Micropropagation Enters a New Commercialization Phase. Nat Biotechnol 1, 166–169 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0483-166b

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