A Low-cost Medium for Sweet Potato Micropropagation

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dc.contributor.authorOgero, K.O.
dc.contributor.authorMwangi, M.
dc.contributor.authorGitonga, Nkanata Mburugu
dc.contributor.authorOmbori, O.
dc.contributor.authorNgugi, M.
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-11T09:39:06Z
dc.date.available2013-12-11T09:39:06Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractTissue culture has not been optimised in sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam) propagation due to high costs. With an aim of producing affordable disease-free seedlings, a low cost medium was developed and used to regenerate two sweet potato varieties (KEMB 36 and Tainurey). The conventional sources of MS nutrients were substituted with locally available fertilisers. Thirty grammes per litre table sugar was used as a source of carbon. MS medium supplemented with 30g -l table sugar and 3g -l of gelrite was used as the control. The number of leaves, nodes, roots and plant height for the two cultivars were determined and compared . The low cost medium was significantly (P<0.05) cheaper compared to the MS medium costing 94.4% less per litre. KEMB 36 had a regeneration index of 7 nodes per plantlet on the low cost medium, while Tainurey had 3 nodes per plantleten_US
dc.identifier.citationAfrican Crop Science Conference Proceedings, Vol. 10. pp. 57 - 6en_US
dc.identifier.issn1023-070X/2011
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/7942
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAfrican Crop Science Societyen_US
dc.subjectIpomoea batatas (L.)en_US
dc.subjectRegeneration indexen_US
dc.subjectTissue cultureen_US
dc.titleA Low-cost Medium for Sweet Potato Micropropagationen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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