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Give Disadvantages Micropropagation Produces Monoculture Single Disease Wipes

Disadvantages of micropropagation include producing monocultures susceptible to single diseases, being expensive and requiring skilled workers, and spreading diseases if the source material is infected.

As desvantagens da micropropagação são a produção de monoculturas suscetíveis a doenças únicas, o alto custo e a necessidade de trabalhadores qualificados, e a propagação de doenças se o material de origem estiver infectado.

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Give 3 disadvantages of micropropagation

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  • produces a monoculture (single disease wipes out whole crop)
  • expensive and requires skilled workers
  • if source material is infected with a disease, all clones will be 

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