PROPAGATION OF SOME HARD–TO–ROOT ORNAMENTAL PLANTS BY TISSUE CULTURE III – ROOTING STAGE

Document Type : Research articles.

Authors

1 Dept. of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Shoubra El-khema, Cairo, Egypt.

2 Dept. of Ornamental Plant Researches, Horticulture Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt.

Abstract

Growing Cupressus macrocarpa shoots on Murashige and
Skoog (1962) medium (MS) with IBA at 20 ppm for 7 days before
sub-culturing on a medium free of plant growth regulators gave
rise to the best possible rooting percentage with only one
root/shoot. Rooting percentage of Conocarpus erectus rose
significantly to its utmost with indolebutyric acid (IBA) at 5 ppm.

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Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development
Volume 19, Issue 1
January 2005
Pages 108-118

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