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Science 2 October 1959:
Vol. 130. no. 3379, pp. 863 - 864
DOI: 10.1126/science.130.3379.863
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Production of Large Amounts of Plant Tissue by Submerged Culture

WALTER TULECKE 1 and LOUIS G. NICKELL 1

1 Phytochemistry Laboratory, Chas. Pfizer and Company, Brooklyn, New York

The growth rate of plant tissue cultures is substantially increased through the use of a large-volume carboy system. Aeration is considered to be the most important factor. With this system, yields of a pound or more of tissue can be obtained within 2 weeks.


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