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Thermotherapy and meristem culture are techniques used to eliminate viruses from infected potato plants. Meristematic tissue is sometimes free from pathogens, allowing recovery of healthy plants through meristem culture. Thermotherapy reduces virus concentration in plants by weakening virus particles when plants are treated at high temperatures. The standard procedure is thermotherapy combined with meristem culture, where axillary buds continue growing during high temperature treatment then meristems are is
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