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HAIRY ROOT CULTURE
A relatively newtype of plant culture, which consists of highly branched roots of a plant, covered with a mass of tiny root hairs. These cultures do not requirehormones or vitamins to grow, so they can grow on simplemedia of salts and sugars. Just as importantly, they manufacture secondary metabolites at levels similar to those made in the original plant, so they can be used as replacementplants for making such compounds as food flavours and fragrances.