Year: 1999
Type: article
Abstract: Summary Mussaenda philippica var. Aurorae is an ornamental shrub, which can be grown both indoors and outdoors. Somatic embryos and plantlets were regenerated viacallus using leaf and sepal explants. Callus was obtained on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium with varying concentrations of 6-benzyl aminopurine (BAP) and a combination of BAP and 1-naphthalene acetic acid (NAA). The callus when transferred to MS medium devoid of growth regulators gave rise to somaticembryos which developed into plantlets. Somatic embryos and plantlet regeneration could be increased by transferring the callus to half strength MS medium with 0.2 mg/l BAP supplemented with 50 mg/l casein hydrolysate. The plantlets obtained have been transferred to soil.
Authors: Vinitha Cardoza, L. D'Souza
Institution: St. Aloysius (Deemed to Be University)
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4408809201