Mass Propagation of Ferns Through Tissue Culture

Padhya, M. A.

doi:10.17660/actahortic.1987.212.108

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“…The most prominent example of mass multiplication of an economically important fern is N. exaltata [18] in which callus induction was reported from provascular tissue of terminal and lateral buds of stolon tips. Some other reports are available on other species of Nephrolepis, N. cordifolia [19][20][21], and N. exaltata [14,[22][23][24][25], on morphogenetic studies pertaining to the micropropagation on a small scale. In vitro-regenerated plants had to be acclimatized in an inorganic salt solution for about two weeks in order to get 100 percent transplantation success in soil.…”

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In Vitro Conservation of Some Threatened and Economically Important Ferns Belonging to the Indian Subcontinent

Shukla

Khare

2014

Journal of Botany

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This study was undertaken to identify methods of mass multiplication for five ornamental, economically important ferns (Nephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott., N. cordifolia cv. "duffii" (L.) Presl., N. exaltata cv. bostoniensis (L.) Schott., Pteris vittata L., and Cyclosorus dentatus Link.,) and three threatened ferns, namely, Cyathea spinulosa Wall. ex. Hook, Pityrogramma calomelanos (L.) Link., and Microsorum punctatum (L.) Schott., through in vitro techniques. Collections were made from different biodiversity zones of India including Northeast Himalayas, Kumaon Himalayas, and Western Ghat and successfully introduced and grown in a fern-house. Aseptic cultures were raised at the morphogenic level of callus, axillary shoot, multiple shoot, and rooted plants. An optimized medium is described for each fern species. Plantlets were also produced from spore culture of Cyathea spinulosa and successfully hardened under fern house conditions.

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