Abstract

In vitro development of fasciation was achieved from the excised shoot apices of Celosia cristata in a 16-h photoperiod. An 8-h photoperiod produced no development. The explants consisted of the meristematic dome with two leaf primordia. The best results were obtained with a nutrient medium composed of Murashige and Skoog salt mixture, 30 g/L sucrose, 5 g/L agar, and 1 mg/L indoleacetic acid (IAA). Isolated shoot apices developed callus at the bases of the explants and numerous leaves on one, two, or three flattened and fasciated meristems. Root initiation occurred sometimes but only after a long period of culture.

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