Plant Tissue Cult. 1(2) : 115-119, 1991

MICROPROPAGATION OF LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA L.

Afroz Ara, M. Imdadul Hoque, R. H. Sarker and M. M. Haque

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

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Abastract

Cotyledonary nodes of Leucaena leucocephala showed best response in MS medium containing 1.0 mg/1 BAP than other explants such as shoot tip, hypocotyl and cotyledon segments used for in vitro multiple shoot regeneration. The regenerated multiple shoots were devoid of any root. These individual shoots were separated out and cultured in rooting medium i.e. half the strength of MS medium supplemented with 0.2 mg/1 IBA. The well developed plantlets were transferred and established in the soil.

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