Fig. 1. Micropropagation of gerbera using shoot tip explants. A. Rhizomes of gerbera donor plants with young shoots after 30-d of cultivation in coconut fiber. B. Isolated shoot tip
that died, with fungal and bacterial contamination. C. In vitro development of shoot tip explants of gerbera. D. Endogenous slow-growth bacteria in shoot tip culture. E. In vitro proliferation
of shoots of gerbera. F. Multiple shoot induction in gerbera. G. Isolated shoots from stage of multiplication. H. In vitro rooting of gerbera plantlets. I. Individual plantlet
rooted in vitro. J. Acclimatized plantlets of gerbera in substrate containing coconut fiber and vermiculite. K. Adult plants of micropropagated gerbera flowering after four months
of cultivation in greenhouse conditions. L—Morphological variations in plantlets from clusters of gerbera cv. ‘AL101’ multiplied in MS medium with 1.0 mg L−1 of BAP, Bar = 1.0 cm,
LH—hyperhydricity in leaves. M. chlorophyll mutation plant from long-term micropropagation culture of gerbera.