Abstract
Nodal explants of in vivo plants and in vitro seedlings of Wattakaka volubilis were cultured on Murashige and Skoog medium fortified with various concentrations of cytokinins — BA (0.5–5 mg l−1), KN (0.5–10 mg l−1),TDZ (0.05–1 mg l−1) either singly or in combination with NAA (0.1 mg l−1). KN proved best for inducing healthy shoots in both in vitro and in vivo derived explants. Maximum number of shoots (14.1±0.84) with 80% regeneration frequency was obtained from nodal explants of seedlings cultured on 5 mg 1−1 KN + 0.1 mg l−1 NAA. In vivo nodal explants produced a maximum of 4.2 shoots on MS medium fortified with 2 mg l−1 BA+0.1 mg l−1 NAA. The differentiated shoots from both could be rooted with 85% frequency on 1/2 strength MS medium (1% sucrose) with 0.6% agar + 1 mg l−1 IBA + 0.2 mg l−1 KN. Rooted shoots were transplanted to vermiculite-soil (3:1) mixture in polyethylene covered pots with 45% transplantation success. Peroxidase isozymes (native PAGE) analysis helped to verify the variation in regenerated plants.
Abbreviations
- BA:
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6-Benzyl aminopurine
- IBA:
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Indole-3-butyric acid
- KN:
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Kinetin
- MS:
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Murashige & Skoog
- NAA:
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a-Naphthalene acetic acid
- TDZ:
-
Thidiazuron
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Chakradhar, T., Pullaiah, T. Effect of Explant Source on Axillary Shoot Multiplication During Micropropagation of a Rare Medicinal Plant — Wattakaka volubilis (L f) Stapf. J. Plant Biochem. Biotechnol. 15, 43–45 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03321900
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