• Contact Us
    • Send Feedback
    • Login
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • Books and Book Chapters
    • Books and Book Chapters
    • View Item
    •   Home
    • Books and Book Chapters
    • Books and Book Chapters
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    Whole Repository
    CollectionsIssue DateRegionCountryHubAffiliationAuthorsTitlesSubject
    This Sub-collection
    Issue DateRegionCountryHubAffiliationAuthorsTitlesSubject

    My Account

    Login

    Welcome to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Research Repository

    What would you like to view today?

    Tissue culture in disease elimination and micropropagation

    Thumbnail
    Date
    1992
    Author
    Ng, S.Y.C.
    Thottappilly, G.
    Rossel, H.W.
    Type
    Book Chapter
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract/Description
    Meristem-tip culture is commonly used to eliminate viruses from plants. The fact that some viruses are more difficult to eliminate than others has led to the use of thermotherapy and chemotheraphy, along with meristem-tip culture, to increase the efficacy of disease elimination. Tissue culture material is considered to be the most suitable form to international exchange of vegetative plant material and is accepted by quarantine authorities. Micropropagation is used in both research institutions and commercial companies to produce large quantities of high quality planting materials. It is applied to vegetatively propagated crops, those crop species that are difficult to multiply, and new hybrids. It is achieved through the induction of axillary shoot formation, direct and indirect adventitious shoot formation, somatic embryogenesis, and storage organ formation. This paper describes tissue culture techniques used for both disease elimination and micropropagation and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of different techniques
    Permanent link to this item
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/6224
    IITA Subjects
    Plant Diseases; Disease Control; Tissue Culture
    Agrovoc Terms
    Tissue Culture; Meristem Culture; Plant Propagation; Plant Viruses; Plant Diseases
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Nigeria
    Collections
    • Books and Book Chapters951
    copyright © 2019  IITASpace. All rights reserved.
    IITA | Open Access Repository