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Nonwoven materials as a supporting agent for in vitro culture of banana protocorm-like bodies

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Kazumitsu Matsumoto
Laboratory of Radiation Genetics and Chemical Mutagenesis, Department of Agrobiology, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1, Yayo1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
Hikoyuki Yamaguchi
Laboratory of Radiation Genetics and Chemical Mutagenesis, Department of Agrobiology, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1, Yayo1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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Keywords

Banana
Tissue culture
Nonwoven material
Gelling agent
Supporting agent
Protocorm-like body

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Nonwoven materials as a supporting agent for in vitro culture of banana protocorm-like bodies. (1989). Tropical Agriculture, 66(1). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/1798
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Abstract

The use of synthetic nonwoven materials as a support in culture technique to substitute for the agar gelling media in plant tissue culture was studied. Banana protocorm-like bodies (PLBs) were cultured on the nonwoven materials which absorbed a liquid medium. PLBs grew more rapidly on the nonwoven materials than on the agar gelling media. This culture technique should be useful for the in vitro propagation and the selection of mutants.
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