Asymbiotic germination of Vanilla planifolia in relation to the timing of seed collection and seed pretreatments

Abstract Background Vanilla planifolia is an important tropical orchid for production of natural vanilla flavor. Traditionally, V. planifolia is propagated by stem cuttings, which produces identical genotype that are sensitive to virulent pathogens. However, propagation with seed germination of V. p...

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Main Authors: Chih-Hsin Yeh, Kai-Yi Chen, Yung-I. Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-05-01
Series:Botanical Studies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40529-021-00311-y