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Plant tissue culture can rapidly propagate selected plants and help recover disease-free stock.
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Use the meristem
Shoot apical meristems are often free of viruses or contain very low viral loads. Culturing meristem tissue can regenerate healthy plants from infected stock.
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- ✓Meristem culture → virus-free plant recovery.
- ✓Micropropagation → rapid clonal propagation.
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Do not confuse meristem culture with somatic hybridisation.
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