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Young inflorescence explants of green bamboo (Bambusa oldhamii Munro) in culture show a high capacity for plant regeneration through somatic embryogenesis. Embryogenic callus was initiated from explants maintained on Murashige and Skoog's medium supplemented with 3 mg/l 2,4-D, 2 mg/l kinetin and a high content (60 g/l) of sucrose. Prolonged culture in the embryoid induction medium or transferral of embryonic callus to auxin-free medium resulted in the continued development and eventual germination of embryoids and establishment of rooted plantlets that were successfully transferred to soil.
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Yeh, M.l., Chang, W.c. Plant regeneration through somatic embryogenesis in callus culture of green bamboo (Bambusa oldhamii Munro). Theoret. Appl. Genetics 73, 161–163 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00289269
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00289269