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The use of embryo culture for the recovery of plants from cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) seeds

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Cassava fertility and seed viability are frequently low, which can be a disadvantage in a breeding programme. An embryo culture method is described whereby embryonic axes are excised from mature seeds and placed on a culture medium containing 1.23 μM indolebutyric acid (IBA) at 30°C under continuous light. The number of plants recovered by embryo culture was much greater than the number recovered from conventional seed germination procedures.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, University of Queensland, 4067, St Lucia, Qld, Australia

    Brenda J. Biggs, Michael K. Smith & Kenneth J. Scott

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Biggs, B.J., Smith, M.K. & Scott, K.J. The use of embryo culture for the recovery of plants from cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) seeds. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 6, 229–234 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00040008

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