Abstract
In southern and south-western Ethiopia, Ensete ventricosum is grown as an important starchy, staple food crop, supporting the diet of a quarter of the Ethiopian population. Due to difficulty in germinating seeds and the long vegetative period, breeding enset is extremely difficult. Adventitious buds and somatic embryos have been induced from callus derived from corm tissues and cultured on Murashige and Skoog's (MS) basal medium supplemented with benzylaminopurine (BAP) or 6 γ-γ-dimethylallylamino purine 2iP. Elongation of somatic embryos was achieved on the same medium and rooting was induced on half-strength MS basal medium supplemented with IBA. No phenotypic variation was observed among more than 200 potted regenerants. The possible implications for mutation breeding in this crop are discussed.
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Abbreviations
- IAA:
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Indole-acetic acid
- IBA:
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Indole-butyric acid
- BAP:
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Benzylaminopurine
- 2iP:
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6 γ-γ-dimethylallylamino purine
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Afza, R., van Duren, M. & Morpnrgo, R. Regeneration of Ensete ventricosum through somatic embryogenesis and adventitious buds. Plant Cell Reports 15, 445–448 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00232073
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