Rapid In Vitro Micropropagation of Bambusa oldhamii Munro

Issue Date

3-2011

Abstract

Efficient and reproducible protocols have been developed to induce shoot multiplication from nodal cultures of aseptically raised seedlings and 1-yr-old plants of Bambusa oldhamii Munro. Nodal segments cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) basal liquid medium containing 3% sucrose with 4.4 µM 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) induced maximum multiple shoots both in seedlings (14.2) and 1-yr-old explants (10.8). Addition of 40 µM adenine sulphate (AdS) with BAP showed a promotive effect on shoot multiplication in seedling explants. Regenerated shoots exhibited highest rooting percentage (85.0%) on half-strength MS basal medium with a combination of 9.84 µM indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) and 2.69 µM α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA). Plantlets were successfully acclimatized to greenhouse conditions. Plants derived from tissue culture were more vigorous than those derived from the traditional in vivo vegetative propagation method of air layering.

Source or Periodical Title

Philippine Agricultural Scientist, The (Formerly: The Philippine Agriculturist)

ISSN

0031-7454

Volume

94

Issue

1

Page

7-13

Document Type

Article

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Frequency

quarterly

Physical Description

tables, references

Language

English

Subject

bamboo, growth regulators, albinism, micropropagation

En – AGROVOC descriptors

BAMBUSA; BAMBOO SHOOTS; IN VITRO CULTURE; PROPAGATION BY MICROCUTTINGS; REGENERATION (BIOLOGICAL); GROWTH CONTROL; ALBINISM

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