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A procedure for plant regeneration from callus culture of potato, Solanum tuberosum L. is described. Calli were induced from 1–2 mm long shoot apices of potato cultivars Cara and A25/19 on half-strength Murashige and Skoog's medium (half-MS) supplemented with 3.2 mg IAA (indole-3-acetic acid), 1.0 mg kinetin (6-furfurylamino)purine], and 0.5 mg 2,4-D [2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid]/1. Sixty percent explants produced nodular calli on this medium within 30 days. Calli differentiated into shoot-primordia when subcultured on half-MS medium supplemented with 0.5 mg 2,4-D and 1.0 mg zeatin [6-(4-hydroxy-3-methybut-2 enylamino)amino purine]/1. Differentiated calli on half-MS medium without growth hormones produced complete plantlets which were cloned on the same medium and transferred into soil.
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Ahloowalia, B.S. Plant regeneration from callus culture in potato. Euphytica 31, 755–759 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00039214
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00039214