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An advanced technique guaranteeing millions of true-to-type coffee plantlets

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Date: 17/12/2013

Introduction:

Researchers from CIRAD and its partner, Ecom Agroindustrial, have mastered ‘cell suspension’, a cutting edge propagation technique for Coffea arabica. This technique of propagating in vitro plantlets through somatic embryogenesis (a process where a plant or embryo is derived from a single somatic cell or group of somatic cells) will make it possible to produce the millions of coffee plantlets required to meet market demand for high-quality selected varieties. This pioneering work opens up new possibilities for the propagation of plants and varieties on an industrial scale. It will also mean considerably higher income levels for many producers and the rapid replacement of plants affected by disease.    

http://www.cirad.fr/en/news/all-news-items/articles/2013/science/an-advanced-technique-guaranteeing-millions-of-true-to-type-coffee-plantlets   

(CIRAD, 10/2013)

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