Clonal Propagation of Rangoon Creeper (Quisqualis indica Linn.) Via Nodal Explant Culture

Tawfik, Azza A; Ibrahim, Omer Hosni Mohamed; Taha, Mona Ahmed Ahmed

doi:10.21608/ejoh.2023.149617.1207

Clonal Propagation of Rangoon Creeper (Quisqualis indica Linn.) Via Nodal Explant Culture

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University Assiut 71526, Egypt

² Department of Ornamental Plants and Landscape gardening, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

³ Department of Ornamental Plants and Landscape gardening, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt

10.21608/ejoh.2023.149617.1207

Abstract

A protocol was developed for micropropagation of Quisqualis indica (Combretaceae). Media for culture establishment, multiplication, rooting and hardening were studied. For culture establishment and multiplication, MS medium supplemented with BAP 1.5 mg/l plus GA3 1 mg/l produced the highest number of shoots/explant (3.43) among the various tested concentrations of BAP and GA3. For rooting, ½ MS medium without any growth regulators was effective and formed more number (6.00) and longer roots (13.00 cm). Plantlets were successfully acclimatized in a mixture of perlite, peat-moss and vermiculite 1:1:1 v/v/v under ex-vitro conditions with a survival rate of 73.3 %.

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