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- Author or Editor: John T. Kunisaki x
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Abstract
Because clonal multiplication through conventional methods of asexual propagation is not rapid enough to meet the sharp increase in demand for tropical ornamental plants, the feasibility of the use of tissue culture for rapid clonal propagation has been increasingly investigated. Through this method, it has become possible to asexually propagate rapidly some plants which are difficult or slow to increase through conventional means. Even in cases where plants can be readily propagated by conventional methods, tissue culture may be used advantageously for rapid clonal increase of newly selected cultivars or cultivars available in limited numbers to establish propagation stocks in a much shorter time. The objective of this paper is to summarize our work on the tissue culture of tropical ornamental plants.