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5. A vessel, such as a fermentor, used for mass propagation of plants.
8. Being infested with unwanted microorganisms such as bacteria or fungi.
9. An unorganized growth of plant cells in vitro on a culture medium.
11. In vitro clonal propagation of plants from shoot tips or nodal explants.
12. A cell with the capacity to form an entire organism.
14. A group of plant growth regulators that promotes root formation.
15. A pure culture of a single organism that is not contaminated by the microorganism.

1. A group of plant growth regulators that regulates shoot growth.
2. The biological process by which cells become specialized in form and function.
3. A plant growing in vitro.
4. Free of microorganisms.
6. A nutritive solution, solid or liquid, for culturing cells.
7. The space between two nodes on a stem.
10. A machine capable of sterilizing wet or dry items with steam under pressure.
13. Any portion taken from a plant that will be used to initiate a culture.