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PLANT MICROPROPAGATION USING AFRICAN VIOLET LEAVES
Through the use of biotechnology, desirable genetic traits can be transferred from one organism to another by transfer of DNA. In plants, the DNA of interest is transferred into the new plant by using Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a bacterium that can infect plant tissues and incorporate part of its DNA into the DNA of the host plant. Alternatively, a particle gun can be used to directly "shoot" the DNA into plant cells. In both methods, the targ ...
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