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In vitro plant regeneration in lateral bud explants of Cryptanthus bromelioides Var. Tricolor M. B. Foster

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Lateral buds of Cryptanthus bromelioides var. tricolor variegated ornamental bromeliad, were cultured on Murashige and Skoog's basal medium (MS) supplemented with napthaleneacetic acid, indolebutyric acid, and kinetin, each at 2 mg/l. The basal part of the cultured buds proliferated and produced adventitious shoots. The shoots developed into plants of three different phenotypes: (a) entirely green, (b) striated (green and yellowish-white) and (c) yellowish-white. Rooting could be induced in (a) and (b) types but successful transplantation was possible only with green plants some of which underwent color changes after establishment in soil.

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Abbreviations

BA:

benzyladenine; 2,4-D, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

IAA:

indoleacetic acid

IBA:

indolebutyric acid; 2,i-P, 6 γγ-dimethylallylaminopurine; Kn, kinetin

NAA:

naphthaleneacetic acid, Z, zeatin

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  1. Plant Morphogenesis and Tissue Culture Section, Bio-Organic Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 400 085, Bombay, India

    V. Helena Mathews & P. S. Rao

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Mathews, V.H., Rao, P.S. In vitro plant regeneration in lateral bud explants of Cryptanthus bromelioides Var. Tricolor M. B. Foster. Plant Cell Reports 1, 108–110 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00272365

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