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COCONUT WATER: Treatment Before Adding to Tissue Culture Medium

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by Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler)

Originally published in The Orchid Doctor in 1980 and 1988

Posted by Sys Admin almost 9 years ago.

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Strain the coconut milk through 2 layers cheesecloth, aliquot it into polyethylene bottles in amounts equal to 4 to 10% of final culture media; freeze till needed. A74-34
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