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Callus cultures derived from tubers of Solanum tuberosum L. cv. “Record” were transferred from a complete medium to a maintenance medium that lacked sugar and were then incubated at 2° or 25°. Incubation at 2° for 5 days led to an accumulation of sucrose. This accumulation did not occur at the expense of stored reducing sugars and was not found at 25°. Such cultures could be used for the study of cold-induced sweetening in potatoes.
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Pollock, C.J., ap Rees, T. Cold-induced sweetening of tissue cultures of Solanum tuberosum L.. Planta 122, 105–107 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00385410
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