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Cloned radiata pine shoots

Cloned radiata pine shoots

A technician trims tissue culture in the Tasman Forestry Tissue Culture Laboratory at Te Teko in 1985. Researchers have investigated various ways of mass-producing trees without seed, including taking cuttings and using tissue-culture techniques.

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Fletcher Challenge Archives
Reference: 0196P/11

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Margaret Richardson. 'Forestry research', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 27-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/forestry-research/4/2