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The complexity and variety of plant form is ultimately the result of cell expansion. These same basic processes occur in plant cells in culture and in callus tissue. An understanding of the behaviour of cells in culture will benefit from an understanding of the mechanism of cell expansion and the factors which influence it. In addition considering the basic process of cell expansion may help to understand the changes which occur from single non-differentiated culture cells of callus tissue to whole plants.
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Pritchard, J. (1994). Factors affecting cell expansion; hydroponic roots as a model system. In: Lumsden, P.J., Nicholas, J.R., Davies, W.J. (eds) Physiology, Growth and Development of Plants in Culture. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0790-7_12
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