Plant Tisuue Cult. 3(2) : 81-84, 1993

Studies on Callus Induction and Plant Regeneration in Tomato

S. Begum and A. J. Miah

Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture, P.O.Box 4, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Key words: Tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum, Regeneration

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Good callus was obtained from leaf explants of two E-6 and S-1 strains of tomato(Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) on MS medium supplemented with 2.0 mg/1 IAA and 2.0 mg/1 kinetin. For regeneration of plants calli were transferred onto MS medium supplemented with 4.0 mg/1 IAA and 4.0 mg/1 kinetin. Both size of fruits and yield/plant in the R₁ population of the above two varieties were smaller than the control.

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