Abstract:Cultivated enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) is commonly propagated vegetatively due to various reasons. This conventional mode of propagation is vulnerable to transmission of devastating diseases like bacterial wilt, and results in poor propagation rate. Most of the landraces used in traditional medicine are susceptible to diseases, and vulnerable to various other constraints. Micropropagation of two landraces (guarye and kibnar) used in traditional medicine was conducted using shoot tip explants on… Show more
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