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In vitro culture of immature tassels of an inbred field variety of Zea mays, cv. Oh43

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The medium and conditions which permit in vitro culture of immature tassels of Zea mays cv. Oh43 are reported. Final fresh weight, total number of spikelets and the number of normal spikelets were enhanced by optimal concentrations of sucrose (0.3 M), kinetin (10−7 M) and casein hydrolysate (30 mg l−1) when added to the Murashige and Skoog salts, White's vitamins and glycine and inositol. A single cultured tassel produces up to 200 normal spikelets which contain anthers bearing germinable pollen.

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  1. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Western Ontario, N6A 5B7, London, Ontario, Canada

    D. R. Pareddy & R. I. Greyson

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Pareddy, D.R., Greyson, R.I. In vitro culture of immature tassels of an inbred field variety of Zea mays, cv. Oh43. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 5, 119–128 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00040308

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