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BANANA PLANTLET PRODUCTION THROUGH TISSUE CULTURE AISH MUHAMMAD, IQBAL HUSSAIN, S.M. SAQLAN NAQVI* AND HAMID RASHID
Abstract: In vitro
multiplication of banana (Musa spp.) cv. Basrai was studied. Shoot
tips were cultured on Murashige & Skoog basal medium supplemented with 5.0
mg/l BAP. Observations were recorded at an interval of four weeks for five subculturings.
Evaluations were done at each subculture by counting the number of new shoots
produced. Shoot tips coming from different rhizomes behaved differently under
in vitro conditions. Some being highly productive while others produced less
number of shoots. On the average, 124 plants were produced from each shoot tip
after five subculturing. Agricultural Biotechnology Program (ABP) IABGR National
Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) Park Road, Islamabad. |
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