Blueberry (Vaccinium sp.) belongs to the heather family (Ericaeae). Blueberry plays an important role in our nutrition. It contains 85% water, the rest is mainly carbohydrates, and they also contain vitamins C and K, as well as manganese. In the last thirty years, the demand for blueberries, especially highbush blueberries, has increased greatly. As demand has increased, so has production to keep up with consumers. Traditional methods of obtaining new plants of highbush blueberries have been wood or green shoots, which is time-consuming, requires a lot of space, and also presented problems with disease transmission, and some varieties responded very poorly to rooting. Micropropagation is a good solution when traditional methods do not give the desired results. Tests have been conducted to compare micropropagated and traditionally obtained plants, and there were no major differences, some say that micropropagated plants give better yields than normal ones.
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