Abstract
Somatic embryos of bamboo, Bambusa beecheyana Munro var. beecheyana were developed in callus derived from young florets and adventive roots obtained from floret callus. The medium was a modified Murashige and Skoog medium (1962) supplemented with 3 mg/l 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 2 mg/l kinetin, a high content of sucrose (6%) and 0.7% agar. The embryoids germinated spontaneously to yield whole plantlets on this medium with or without the hormonal adjuvants.
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Abbreviations
- 2,4-D:
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2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- IBA:
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indole-3-butyric acid
- NAA:
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naphthaleneacetic acid
- MS:
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Murashige and Skoog's (1962) medium
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Yeh, Ml., Chang, Wc. Somatic embryogenesis and subsequent plant regeneration from inflorescence callus of Bambusa beecheyana Munro var. beecheyana. Plant Cell Reports 5, 409–411 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00269628
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