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Efficient regeneration of Sphagnum fallax from isolated protoplasts
While the in vitro clonal propagation of peat mosses (Sphagnaceae) in bioreactors has been established since the late 1980s, it has never been possible to regenerate Sphagnum species from isolated protoplasts, wh...