somatic embryogenesis: an alternative method for in vitro micropropagation

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sobri hussein

rusli ibrahim

anna ling pick kiong

abstract

plant tissue culture is an alternative method of commercial propagation and is being used widely for the commercial propagation of a large number of plant species, including many medicinal plants. somatic embryogenesis is a process by which asexual or somatic cells are induced to form embryos in culture. somatic embryogenesis is a multi-step regeneration process starting with formation of pro-embryogenic masses, followed by somatic embryo formation, maturation and regeneration. this paper outlined the important processes involved in the somatic embryogenesis.

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Journal title:
iranian journal of biotechnology

Publisher: national institute of genetic engineering and biotechnology

ISSN 1728-3043

volume 4

issue 3 2006

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