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Micropropagation of banana (Musa acuminata) through proliferation of axillary shoots

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Title Micropropagation of banana (Musa acuminata) through proliferation of axillary shoots
 
Creator MANCHANDA, POOJA
KAUR, AJINDER
GOSAL, SATBIR SINGH
 
Subject Banana
Micropropagation
Multiplication rate
Sucker
Shoot-tip
 
Description An efficient and reproducible micropropagation protocol was developed for mass multiplication of the elite banana (Musa acuminata L.) cultivar Grand Naine through axillary shoot proliferation. In vitro multiplication of banana was studied. Conventional propagation through suckers has disadvantages like low multiplication rate (5 to 10 in number depending upon variety), lack of uniform plant size and transmission of pathogens from one generation to the next generation. Application of micropropagation technique for large scale production of elite clones is an effective and superior alternative to propagation through conventional cuttings of Musa spp. Shoot tips were cultured on MS medium supplemented with 5.0 mg/l BAP. Observations were recorded at the end of each subculture, after three weeks of shifting on a new medium. It was noted that suckers of same genotype exhibited different shoot multiplication rates under in vitro conditions. On an average, upto 175.57 shoots were produced from each shoot tip after seven subculturings.
 
Publisher Indian Council of Agricultural Research
 
Date 2012-05-14
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/17811
10.56093/ijas.v82i5.17811
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol. 82 No. 5 (2012); 451–4
2394-3319
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/17811/8583
 
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