Tissue Culture Studies in Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.)

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2006
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MPUAT, Udaipur
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The present study entitled "Tissue Culture Studies in Jatropha (Jatropha curcus L.)" was completed in Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur. The main objectives of the study were to find out effective concentrations for shoot and root regeneration from 2.5 to 3 cm long stem with and without apical buds. For shoot regeneration, explants were cultured on MS medium supplemented 3.0 and 5.0 mg/l concentrations of cytokinin (BAP & Kn) and auxin (IBA & NAA) along with control. Swelling and shooting were observed on treatment 3 and 5 mg/l Kn in explants having apical bud. In another experiment when 2.5 to 3 cm long stem tip inoculated on MS medium supplemented with i.e. 3, 4, 5, 7, 10 & 15 mg/l Kn in the month of April, May and June. The April months inoculation was best season for micropropagation as in this month days to swelling and days to shooting was earliest and number of sprouted shoots per explant was also maximum followed by June and May. Among the treatments earliest days to swelling and days to shooting were observed in 4 mg/l Kn. When effect of treatments were seen in each month the treatment 10 mg/l Kn was having earliest for days to shooting in April and May inoculation and 4 mg/l Kn was earliest in June inoculation. Whereas among the months within treatment April inoculation took minimum days to swelling and days to shooting in all the treatments applied in this month i.e. 4, 5, 7 & 10 mg/l Kn followed by June inoculation and May inoculation. On full strength MS media supplement with 5 mg/l IBA + 3 mg/l NAA instead of rooting on sprouted shoots callusing was there, whereas when this concentration was applied on half strength MS media and shoots were treated with 500 mg/l IBA solution for 10 minutes before inoculation neither rooting nor callusing was observed and at least shoots become dried.
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Tissue Culture Studies in Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.)
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Chopra and Ranwah, 2006
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