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A tissue culture technique for clonal propagation of Beta vulgaris is described. Flower buds or flower bud clusters formed adventitious shoots on half-strength Murashige & Skoog's medium supplemented with 10 μmol/l benzyladenine (BA). The shoots were multiplied by axillary bud proliferation on a medium with 1 μmol/l BA and rooted on a medium with 10 μmol/l indolebutyric acid. The plants were vegetative. No mutations were observed. Genotypic variation was found in shoot formation, shoot multiplication and rooting. Some genotypes showed leaf malformations which were attributed to BA. Rooted plants in culture tubes could be stored for one year at 2 or 5°C and a low light intensity.
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Miedema, P. A tissue culture technique for vegetative propagation and low temperature preservation of Beta vulgaris . Euphytica 31, 635–643 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00039202
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