Micropropagation of African Violet from Petiole Cross-sections1
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- 1 February 1978
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Horticultural Science in HortScience
- Vol. 13 (1) , 37-38
- https://doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.13.1.37
Abstract
When optimal levels of growth substances, particularly cytokinins, are utilized, about 5,000 commercially useable plantlets of African violet (Saintpaulia ionautha Wendl.) can be generated from a single petiole in 3-4 months. Murashige and Skoog (MS) high salt medium containing 0.1 mg/liter α-naphthalene-acetic acid (NAA) and 0.01 mg/liter benzyladenine (BA) proved adequate for 2 mm petiole cross-sections.Keywords
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