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REINITIATION OF VEGETATIVE GROWTH FROM ASEPTICALLY CULTURED TERMINAL FLORAL APEX OF BANANA
Author(s) -
Cronauer Sandra S.,
Krikorian A. D.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1985.tb08423.x
Subject(s) - biology , botany , auxin , shoot , vegetative reproduction , ornamental plant , activated charcoal , horticulture , inflorescence , biochemistry , chemistry , organic chemistry , adsorption , gene
Terminal floral apices of Musa acuminata cv. Dwarf Cavendish were isolated and cultured in a modified Murashige and Skoog (1962) medium supplemented with N 6 ‐benzylamino purine (5 mg/L) and 10% (v/v) coconut water. Under these conditions, the determinate floral buds are transformed into a multiplying vegetative shoot system. Rooted plantlets were obtained by treating shoots with the auxin, naphthaleneacetic acid (1 mg/L), and activated charcoal (0.025%). Practical benefits resulting from these observations, such as the production of virus‐free plants and the rapid multiplication of stock material, are discussed.