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Plantlet regeneration was achieved in blue pine (Pinus wallichiana A.B. Jacks) by organogenesis of mature zygotic embryos. The effect of various basal media and five cytokinins on adventitious bud induction, development and elongation was investigated. Half-strength Douglas fir cotyledon revised medium (DCR) supplemented with 2.5 μm N6-benzyladinine (BA) and 0.025 μM thidiazuron was found to be most effective in inducing adventitious buds. The effect of a BA pulse treatment was also tested, and the bud-forming capacity of each treatment was quantified. The elongation of adventitious buds was achieved on hormone-free half-strength DCR medium containing 2% sucrose and 0.05% activated charcoal. Rooting was induced in the elongated shoots with a 6-h treatment of indoleacetic acid and indolebutyric acid solutions (1 mM each). Rooted shoots were transplanted in the greenhouse for hardening and their survival percentage was 64.4 after 5 weeks and 45.7 after 6 months.
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Received: 11 September 1998 / Revision received: 10 February 1999 / Accepted: 26 February 1999
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Mathur, G., Nadgauda, R. In vitro plantlet regeneration from mature zygotic embryos of Pinus wallichiana A.B. Jacks. Plant Cell Reports 19, 74–80 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002990050713
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