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. 2024:2759:77-88.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3654-1_8.

BioMINT: A Temporary Immersion System for Agave Micropropagation

Kelly M Monja-Mio  1 , Gabriel Ojeda  2 , Miguel Ángel Herrera-Alamillo  3 , Lorenzo Felipe Sánchez-Teyer  3 , Antonio Rescalvo-Morales  1
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BioMINT: A Temporary Immersion System for Agave Micropropagation

Kelly M Monja-Mio et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2024.

Abstract

Agaves are cultivated in Mexico as a source of industrial products such as fibers, nutritional supplements, and alcoholic beverages. Due to the demand for plant material, its long-life cycle, and the need to avoid predation on its natural populations, in vitro micropropagation represents a good option for agaves. Plant tissue culture has been successfully used to micropropagate selected elite individuals from plants of various Agave species of economic interest. However, it is necessary to implement systems that lower production costs without losing the quality of the plantlets obtained. This chapter describes the BioMINT™ bioreactor as an alternative for the micropropagation of agaves in the different stages of the micropropagation process.

Keywords: BioMINT™ bioreactor; Clonal lines; Plant micropropagation; Temporary immersion system.

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