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Contents<br />

5.3.1 Explants from seedlings 121<br />

5.3.2 Explants from embryos 122<br />

5.3.3 Explant comparison 130<br />

5.3.4 Shoot multiplication 132<br />

5.4 DISCUSSION 134<br />

5.5 SUMMARY 136<br />

6 In vitro corm formation and flowering and ex vitro acclimatization<br />

6.1 INTRODUCTION 138<br />

6.2 MATERIALS AND METHODS 138<br />

6.2.1 Corm formation 138<br />

6.2.2 In vitro flowering 140<br />

6.2.3 Ex vitro acclimatization and corm viability 140<br />

6.3 RESULTS 142<br />

6.3.1 Corm formation 142<br />

6.3.2 In vitro flowering 145<br />

6.3.3 Ex vitro acclimatization and corm viability 145<br />

6.4 DISCUSSION 147<br />

6.5 SUMMARY 150<br />

7 Commercialization potential <strong>of</strong> Romulea species 151<br />

8 Literature cited 155<br />

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