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Explants for tissue culturing has to be surface sterilized. How ?

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The explants are surface sterilized by first exposing the material is running tap water and then treating it in surface sterilizing agents like 0.1% mercuric chloride, 70% ethanol under aseptic condition inside the laminar air flow chamber.
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