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An efficient protocol has been developed for the in vitro propagation of Mexican Weeping Bamboo through somatic embryogenesis from zygotic embryo explants. Mature seeds and excised embryos were cultured in the light or in the dark on both Murashige and Skoog's and Gamborg's B5 basal media with various supplements. Optimal somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration were obtained by culture in the dark on Murashige and Skoog's basal medium supplemented with 3 mg/1 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 0.5 mg/1 6-benzylaminopurine and 2.0% sucrose. More than 95% of the germinating somatic embryos developed shoots and roots, and were transferred to soil with 85% success.
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Woods, S.H., Phillips, G.C., Woods, J.E. et al. Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from zygotic embryo explants in mexican weeping bamboo, Otatea acuminata aztecorum . Plant Cell Reports 11, 257–261 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00235077
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