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An efficient protocol has been developed for the in vitro propagation of Bambusa tulda through shoot proliferation. Shoots from 3-week-old aseptically grown seedlings were used to initiate cultures. Multiple shoots were obtained on liquid Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 6-benzylaminopurine (8×10−6M) and kinetin (4×10−6M). Continuous shoot proliferation at a rate of 4–5 fold every three weeks was achieved through forced axillary branching. More than 90% of the shoots could be rooted on a modified MS medium containing indoleacetic acid (1×10−5M) and coumarin (6.8×10−5M). Following simple hardening procedures, the in vitro raised plants were transferred to the soil with more than 80% success.
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Abbreviations
- BAP:
-
6-benzylaminopurine
- 2-ip:
-
6-γ,γ-dimethylallylaminopurine
- Kn:
-
kinetin
- IAA:
-
3-indoleacetic acid
- IBA:
-
3-indolebutyric acid
- NAA:
-
1-naphthaleneacetic acid
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Saxena, S. In vitro propagation of the bamboo (Bambusa tulda Roxb.) through shoot proliferation. Plant Cell Reports 9, 431–434 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00232266
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