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2.6.2 Culture Conditions
Plant cell culture is considered as a platform for the synthesis of secondary metabolites in plant cell systems. Significant progress has been made recently in plant cells for enhancing the production of medicinally important natural products (Fischer et al. 2015; Ochoa-Villarreal et al. 2016). A callus induction system for E. adenophorum was developed with leaf, stem, and nodal segment cultured on MS medium with different concentrations of plant growth regulators. These studies provide the prerequisite system for the development of genetic engineering in the future and propagating croftonweed rapidly for further study (Shen et al. 2007).
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