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Shoot cultures of Allium sativum L. were established from stem-tip and scape-tip. Various combinations of media, growth regulators were compared. The best establishment and proliferation of stem-tip and scape-tip explants were obtained on MS medium containing 0.5 mg l−1 NAA and 0.5 mg l−1 KT. The roots were produced and the bulblets were formed after the micro-shoots were transferred to the hormone-free MS medium. The virus of each tube-plant was detected by ELISA. The virus elimination rates of plantlets from stem-tip with 3 leaf primordia, with 1–2 leaf primordia, and scape-up were 26.5%, 45.4%, and 77.6% respectively. The procedure of scape-tip culture would be applied for virus elimination to the species propagated vegetatively.
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Ma, Y., Wang, HL., Zhang, CJ. et al. High rate of virus-free plantlet regeneration via garlic scape-tip culture. Plant Cell Reports 14, 65–68 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00233301
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