Response of gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii Bolus) varieties to micropropagation
N.V. Son, A.N. Mokashi, R.V. Hegde, V.S. Patil, S. Lingaraju
Abstract
The flower buds of three varieties of Gerbera were used as an explant for culture establishment. MS medium supplemented with 3 mg/l BAP + 0.1 mg/l IAA was best medium for culture establishment. Bonnie variety gave best response for shoot regeneration. More number of shoots (11.29) were produced on MS medium supplemented with 3 mg/l BAP + 0.1 mg/l NAA. Bonnie was also the best variety with respect to shoot multiplication (10.95 shoots). MS medium supplemented with 2 mg/l NAA was found to be the best medium for in vitro rooting of shoots (94.0 % rooting). The highest per cent rooting is being recorded in Tobia (88.0%).
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