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DURING work on the physiology of rooting cacao cuttings, attempts were made to induce the formation of roots on isolated stem sections in sterile culture. Although no differentiation was obtained, the profuse growth of callus tissue at the morphological base of the section suggested that cacao would be a suitable subject for tissue-culture investigations.
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ARCHIBALD, J. Culture in vitro of Cambial Tissue of Cacao. Nature 173, 351–352 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173351a0
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