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Gibberellic acid as a media additive for in vitro propagation of potato (Solatium tuberosum L.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

D. M. Firman
D. M. Firman
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge
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Vegetative multiplication of potato is used routinely to produce disease-free seed tubers and to multiply new potato varieties for trials. The conventional methods of vegetative propagation using virus-tested stem cuttings allow production of 800–900 plants from a single plant in 3 years (Hussey & Stacey, 1981). Use of in vitro propagation allows much more rapid rates of multiplication of new varieties of potatoes (Wooster, 1984). Axillary buds taken from a few tubers can be multiplied to 500 plants within 4 months by repeated subculturing of nodal cuttings on artificial media in sterile conditions.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 103 , Issue 3 , December 1984 , pp. 703 - 704
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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