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time of the “embryogenic window”. The information could be successfully used to
improve the protocols of somatic embryogenesis in Cupressus sempervirens.
Acknowledgements. The Authors wish to thank Dr Maurizio Lambardi (Istituto per la Valorizzazione
Specie Arboree, CNR, Italy) for helpful discussion, comments and critical reading of
the manuscript.
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