dendrocalamus asper/sucrose

Somatic embryogenesis leading to plant regeneration has been achieved in the bamboo, Dendrocalamus strictus, by culturing seeds (caryopses) on B5 basal medium supplemented with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Callus cultures obtained from the embryonal end of the seeds differentiated chlorophyllous

An in vitro propagation protocol using mature seeds of D. membranaceus was successfully established. Scarcity of seeds in bamboos because of their long flowering periods and irregular seed set resulting in low viability and germination potential, motivated us to undertake the present study. The

Dendrocalamus hamiltonii plants are slender and tall (15-25 m) thereby, rendering tagging, sampling and tracking the development of flowers difficult. Therefore, a reproducible system of in vitro flowering was established for tracking the stages of flower development. MS medium supplemented with

Plant regeneration via somatic embryogenesis was achieved in callus cultures derived from nodal explants of in vitro grown seedlings and excised mature zygotic embryos of three bamboo species on Murashige and Skoog's (MS) basal medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/l kinetin (Kn), 2.0 mg/l