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A low cost micropropagation protocol to produce high quality root systems which are easy and economical to acclimatize is essential for large-scale micropropagation of papaya (Carica papaya L.). In this study, individual shoots (>0.5 cm) with 2∼3 leaves from in vitro papaya multiple shoots were cultured on MS agar medium containing 2.5 μM IBA under dark conditions for 1 week for root induction. They were then transferred to agar or vermiculite media, containing half strength MS medium, under aerated or non-aerated conditions, for root development. Rooting percentage of shoots cultured for 2 weeks in aerated vermiculite was 94.5%, compared with 90.0% in non-aerated vermiculite, 71.1% in aerated agar, and 62.2% in non-aerated agar. Shoots with roots were acclimated in vermiculite under 100% RH for 1 week and then under ambient conditions for 2 weeks in a temperature-controlled growth chamber (28 °C). The survival rates of the plantlets were 94.5% from aerated vermiculite, 87.8% from non-aerated vermiculite, 42.2% from aerated agar, and 35.6% from non-aerated agar. Thus, root induction in low-concentration IBA agar medium followed by root development in vermiculite containing half strength MS medium under aerated conditions results in efficient rooting of in vitro papaya shoots.
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Yu, TA., Yeh, SD., Cheng, YH. et al. Efficient rooting for establishment of papaya plantlets by micropropagation. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 61, 29–35 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006475901439
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