Regeneration in Chenopodium album L.via Organogenesis and Somatic Embryogenesis
Gaurab Gangopadhyay
Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Botany, Bose Institute 93/1 A.P.C. Road, Calcutta -700 009, West Bengal, India
Kalyan Kumar Mukherjee *
Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Botany, Bose Institute 93/1 A.P.C. Road, Calcutta -700 009, West Bengal, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Mode of plant regeneration from callus was studied in Chenopodium album L. (2n=18; broad leafed cytotype), a semi cultivated crop rich in ?-carotene. Scanning electron microscopic study revealed both organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis from the same differentiating callus lines.
Keywords: Chenopodium album, Organogenesis, Somatic embryogenesis