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Somatic embryogenesis inCicer arietinum L: Influence of genotype and auxins
Plant regeneration through somatic embryogenesis was obtained in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) using immature cotyledons and immature embryonal axes as explants. 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), 4-amino-3....
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Plant regeneration through somatic embryogenesis in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)
Somatic embryos were induced from immature cotyledons and immature embryonal axis ofArachis hypogaea L. on L-6 basal medium supplemented with NAA, picloram or 2,4-D at 5–50 mg 1-1. Immature embryonal axis produce...
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Isolation of sodium chloride tolerant cell lines and plants in finger millet
Sodium chloride tolerant cell lines of finger millet were isolated from embryogenic cultures growing on MS medium supplemented with picloram (2 mg I-1), kinetin (0.1 mg l-1) and sodium chloride (1 %) at the end o...
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Plant regenerationin vitro in different cultivars of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)
Tissue cultures of 7 cultivars of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) were established using seedling explants. Multiple shoot buds were observed in shoot tip cultures in all the cultivars with different frequencies. Sho...
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Yield and oil content of doubled haploids of mustard (Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss.)
Progenies of androgenetic doubled haploid plants of mustard cv TM-4 in A4−A6 generations were evaluated for their seed yield and oil content. Eight progenies in the A5 generation out of the 97 (8%) A1 plants rege...
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Experimental induction of triploid plants ofPhysalis through anther culture
Anther culture ofPhysalis minima L. (2 n=48) was successful and embryos and plantlets could be obtained 5–6 weeks after culture. MS medium containing CM was essential for pollen division. 16.7% of the cultured an...
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HaploidCapsicum through experimental androgenesis
Haploid embryos and plantlets in yet another solanaceous member viz.,Capsicum annuum L. var.grossum Sendt, have been successfully rearedin vitro through culture of young immature anthers. Exogenous auxin (IAA) wa...