This study describes a reproducible protocol for rapid mass propagation of a multipurpose legume, Clitoria ternatea L., using cotyledonary node explants derived from axenic seedlings. Multiple shoots were induced in Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with N 6-benzyladenine (BA), zeatin riboside, or thidiazuron. N 6-Benzyladenine at 1.0 mg l−1 (4.44 μM) was most effective for shoot proliferation. Multiple shoots were also induced in nodal segments of in vitro-raised shoots grown on MS medium containing 1.0 mg l−1 (4.44 μM) of BA. Rooting was best induced in shoots grown on half-strength MS medium with 0.25 mg l−1 (1.42 μM) of indole-3-butyric acid. Plants were acclimatized in vermicompost and established in soil where they flowered and formed mature seeds.
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25 April 2007
Rapid plant regeneration through in vitro axillary shoot proliferation of butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea L.)—a twinning legume
D. P. Barik,
S. K. Naik,
A. Mudgal,
P. K. Chand
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In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant
Vol. 43 • No. 2
March 2007
Vol. 43 • No. 2
March 2007
Butterfly pea
Cotyledonary node
Growth regulators
micropropagation