In vitro propagation and detection of somaclonal variation in Phalaenopsis gigantea as affected by chitosan and thidiazuron combinations

• Main Authors: Samarfard, Samira, Abdul Kadir, Mihdzar, Kadzimin, Saleh, Mohd Saud, Halimi, Ravanfar, Seyed Ali, Danaee, Mahmoud
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Horticultural Science 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38011/1/In%20vitro%20propagation%20and%20detection%20of%20somaclonal%20variation%20in%20Phalaenopsis%20gigantea%20as%20affected%20by%20chitosan%20and%20thidiazuron%20combinations.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38011/; http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/49/1/82.abstract

Protocorm-like bodies (PLBs) multiplication is one of the most preferable in vitro methods to increase the number of orchids that produce very few seeds or seeds that are not able to germinate. In the present study the effects of chitosan and thidiazuron (TDZ) combinations on multiplication, differe...