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Various leaf sections of Gasteria verrucosa Haw. and Haworthia fasciata Haw. were cultured on media to examine the effect of picloram (4-amino 3, 5, 6-trichloropicolinic acid) and 2, 4-D (2, 4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid) on somatic embryogenesis. Picloram (0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 mgl-1) outperformed 2, 4-D (0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 mgl-1) as the auxin source of both earliness of callus and embryo induction and final yield of embryos produced at both kinetin levels examined (0.25, 1.0 mgl-1). Embryos arose initially as a yellow, compact globular masses from the area just beneath the epidermis in linear pattern parallel with the main axis of the leaf and then developed a heartshaped appearance. Embryo formation was preceded by growth of callus almost crystalline in appearance on the cut surface. Subsequent shoot formation developed from green pigmented loci in crystalline callus derived from embryos. Shoot and root development in Gasteria was induced on a defined medium containing quarter strength MS or B5 salts with no hormonal supplementation.
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Beyl, C.A., Sharma, G.C. Picloram induced somatic embryogenesis in Gasteria and Haworthia . Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 2, 123–132 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00043357
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