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Micropropagation Systems of Feijoa (Acca sellowiana (O. Berg) Burret)

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Acca sellowiana (O. Berg) Burret sin. Feijoa sellowiana (Myrtaceae) is a semiwoody fruit species native to South Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina; edible fruits are tasty. The naturally occurring populations in Santa Catarina State show high variability in fruit size, color, and other features. A breeding program launched in 1990 resulted in the release of four Brazilian commercial varieties. The conventional clonal propagation methods of this species, such as cutting and grafting, have shown low efficiency. Therefore, tissue culture techniques were developed for mass propagation. This chapter describes several protocols based on organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis. Additional techniques including synthetic seed technology and temporary immersion system are also described.

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  1. Laboratory of Plant Developmental Physiology and Genetics, Graduate Program in Plant Genetic Resources, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

    Miguel Pedro Guerra, Gabriela Claudia Cangahuala-Inocente, Lirio Luiz Dal Vesco, Rosete Pescador & Clarissa Alves Caprestano

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  1. , IVALSA/Istituto per la Valorizzazione, National Research Council (CNR), Polo Scientifico, via Madonna del Piano n. 10, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, 50019, Italy

    Maurizio Lambardi

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Guerra, M.P., Cangahuala-Inocente, G.C., Vesco, L.L.D., Pescador, R., Caprestano, C.A. (2012). Micropropagation Systems of Feijoa (Acca sellowiana (O. Berg) Burret). In: Lambardi, M., Ozudogru, E., Jain, S. (eds) Protocols for Micropropagation of Selected Economically-Important Horticultural Plants. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 994. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-074-8_4

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