01289naa a2200157 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000160006024501530007626000090022952007750023865000150101365000110102865300280103977300640106716470052023-05-17       1986    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aWONG, W. C.  aIn vitro propagation of banana (Musa spp.)binitiation, proliferation and development of shoot-tip cultures on defined media.h[electronic resource]  c1986  aIn vitro multiplication of banana (Musa spp.) from shoot-tip explants isolated from lateral suckers is described. Using explants with apical domes, a total of 22 banana cultivars were successfully cultured on a modified Murashige and Skoog's medium containing 6-benzlaminopurine (BA) and indolebutyric acid (IBA). Shoot-tip explants could be induced to produce multiple shoot initials in the presense or absence of apical domes, but the survival rates were higher if apical domes were retained. Cultivars ravied widely in their multiplication rates in response to cytokinins, BA being consistently more effective than kinetin (Kn). Although kn was less effective in this regard, it stimulated vigorous root growth. Rooted plantlets were successfully established in soil.  acytokinins  aBanana  aIn vitro multiplication  tPlant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culturegv.6, p.159-166, 1986.