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This report presents a procedure for high-frequency multiple shoot production from cultured shoot apical meristems of pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.]. Shoot apices from 1-week-old aseptically germinated seedlings were cultured in vitro on MS medium containing various concentrations of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and benzyladenine (BA) with biweekly subculture. A low concentration of 2,4-D coupled with four different concentrations of BA induced the production of adventitious shoots from the enlarged shoot apical meristems. Somatic embryogenesis was also observed at higher concentrations of BA. The use of higher levels of 2,4-D resulted in callusing of shoot apical meristems, while the shoot tips produced many leaves and in vitro flowering in 2,4-D-free media containing BA. All four pearl millet genotypes produced similar results. Fertile pearl millet plants were produced from in vitro-produced multiple shoots.
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Received: 1 April 1999 / Revision received: 8 July 1999 / Accepted: 17 August 1999
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Devi, P., Zhong, H. & Sticklen, M. In vitro morphogenesis of pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.Br.]: efficient production of multiple shoots and inflorescences from shoot apices. Plant Cell Reports 19, 546–550 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002990050771
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002990050771