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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2013 | Volume: 16 | Issue: 17 | Page No.: 887-890
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2013.887.890
Micropropagation and Acclimatization of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni
Kittisak Chotikadachanarong and Srisuluk Dheeranupattana

Abstract: Multiple shoot induction of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni was studied by node explants that were cultured on solidified MS media and supplemented with 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 mg L-1 kinetin for 4 weeks. The results showed the maximum amount of multiple shoot induction (9.31±4.17 shoots/explant) when cultured on MS media supplemented with 3 mg L-1 kinetin. In vitro shoots were rooted on solidified MS media supplemented with 0, 0.1, 0.5 and 2 mg L-1 Naphthaleneacetic Acid (NAA) for 4 weeks. The highest number of roots (11.18±1.34 roots/shoot) was detected on a concentration of 0.1 mg L-1 NAA while the high survival rate (80%) was obtained when the rooted plantlets were transferred to greenhouse conditions.

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Kittisak Chotikadachanarong and Srisuluk Dheeranupattana, 2013. Micropropagation and Acclimatization of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 16: 887-890.

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