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County adopts tissue culture in potato seed production

Nyeri farmers will now have access to affordable tissue culture potato cuttings after the county government started production of apical tissue cuttings, at the Wambugu Farm Agricultural Training Centre.

Wambugu ATC farm manager John Wambugu explained the tissue cuttings are similar to nursery-grown seedlings except that they are produced through vegetative means and do not originate from a seed.

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