Seed Storage and Germination and Seedling Proliferation in Taro, Colocasia esculenta (L) Schott

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Taro seeds maintained under c. 40 per cent r.h. and 22 ±2 °C retained higher viability than those stored under other experimental conditions. Germination was more than 60 per cent on a number of defined and undefined media. Rates above 80 per cent were obtained on a greenhouse potting mix or its extract or distilled water with filter paper as a support. When maintained in the dark, seedlings cultured in vitro on one of several defined media etiolated and produced atypical, elongated internodes which resemble those of vining aroids. Plantlets which developed at their nodes were removed and raised to maturity.

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