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Cotyledonary node explants of Acacia nilotica subspecies indica Brenan, differentiated multiple shoots on Gamborg et al.' s medium (B5, Gamborg et al. 1968) supplemented with cytokinins like N6-benzyladenine, 6-(γ, γ-Dimethylallylamino)-purine, kinetin or zeatin. Of the four, BA supported maximum multiple shoot differentiation; the highest average number of shoots (6.3) per expiant was in 1.5 mg/l. The number of shoots was further enhanced by (i) using nodal explants of in vitro regenerated shoots as microcuttings, and (ii) repeated subculture of the original expiants (stumps) on the same medium after excising the shoots. Thus, over seven hundred shoots could be obtained from a single cotyledonary node explant. Individual shoots, when transferred to 2 mg/l indole-3-acetic acid augmented medium organised healthy roots in 100% cultures. Such test tube grown plantlets have been successfully transferred to soil, where they grow well up to eight weeks.
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Abbreviations
- 2iP:
-
6-(γ, γ-Dimethylallylamino)-purine
- AC:
-
activated charcoal
- B5 :
-
Gamborg et al. 's medium with 0.8% agar + 3 % sucrose
- BA,N6 :
-
benzyladenine
- CW:
-
coconut water
- FAA:
-
formalin-aceticacid-alcohol
- IAA:
-
indole-3-acetic acid
- IBA:
-
indole-3-butyric acid
- Kn:
-
kinetin
- NAA:
-
α-naphthaleneacetic acid
- NOA:
-
β-naphthoxyacetic acid
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Dewan, A., Nanda, K. & Gupta, S.C. In vitro micropropagation of Acacia nilotica subsp. indica Brenan via cotyledonary nodes. Plant Cell Reports 12, 18–21 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00232415
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