Plant Tissue Cult. 9(1) : 45-51, 1999 (June)

In vitro Propagation of Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.)

M. I. Hoque, Sayema Perveen and R. H. Sarker

Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

Key words: In vitro, Propagation, Ginger, Zingiber officinale

Abastract

Best multiple shoot regeneration was obtained from shoot tip explants of ginger on MS medium supplemented with either 1.0 mg/1 or 3.0 mg/1 BAP. In this combination, 15-20 initial shoot buds were developed within two-three weeks. The initiated shoot buds increased two to threefolds upon subculture on the same medium. Root induction was found best on the half-strength of MS medium containing 0.2 mg/1 IBA. In vitro grown plantlets were successfully established under field condition.

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