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Somatic embryogenesis was induced in cell cultures of birch (Betula pendula Roth.) derived from juvenile tissue of seed embryos and from mature leaf tissue. Embryos were formed in liquid and on solidified medium containing 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 6-furfurylaminopurine (kinetin). Sometimes somatic embryos formed only after transfer to medium devoid of growth regulators. The embryos germinated on hormone-free medium and were potted in soil and grown in the greenhouse.
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Finnish Forest Research Institute
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Kurtén, U., Nuutila, A.M., Kauppinen, V. et al. Somatic embryogenesis in cell cultures of birch (Betula pendula Roth.). Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 23, 101–105 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00035829
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