✦ LIBER ✦
Multiplication of the endangered Indian pitcher plant (Nepenthes khasiana) through enhanced axillary branching in vitro
✍ Scribed by P. G. Latha; S. Seeni
- Book ID
- 104616094
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 841 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6857
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✦ Synopsis
Axenic seedling-derived two-to three-node stem segments of Nepenthes khasiana Hook.f. were successfully cultured on Woody Plant Medium containing 2.2 rtM benzyladenine to produce a 0.5-1.5 cm axillary shoot from each node in 7-8 weeks. The rapid growth along with the axillary branching of this shoot enabled amassing of 6-12 shoots during subculture. Excised shoots transferred to basal medium or rooted in medium containing 2.7 IxM naphthaleneacetic acid produced typical pitchers at leaf tips. Rooted plants were established in pots at 90-95 % survival rate.