Production of plantlets from the ovary wall of Haworthia turgida var. pallidifolia

S K Majumdar

doi:10.1007/BF00388049

Production of plantlets from the ovary wall of Haworthia turgida var. pallidifolia

Planta. 1970 Jun;90(2):212-4. doi: 10.1007/BF00388049.

Author

S K Majumdar¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biology, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 24500749
DOI: 10.1007/BF00388049

Abstract

In a modified culture medium, excised ovaries of Haworthia turgida var. pallidifolia can be grown to the normal looking capsules; the ovary wall can produce leafy shoots and callus tissue in this medium. The callus tissue in turn is found to differentiate into plantlets.