November 2015

In vitro propagation of two elite cooking banana cultivars- FHIA 17 and INJAGI

Explants of two elite cooking banana cultivars, FHIA17 and INJAGI were collected from healthy source of stock plants growing in the field. Sterilization was evaluated using different concentrations (20, 30, 40, 50 and 60%) of a commercial bleach (JIK) for 25 min. Effects of cytokinins benzyl amino purine (BAP), 2-isopentenyl adenine (2iP) and kinetin each evaluated at 5, 10, 20, 24 and 40 µM and thidiazuron (TDZ)...

Author(s): Jane Kahia, Felicien Ndaruhutse, Bancy Waweru, Ntirugulirwa Bonaventure, Amini Mutaganda, Peter Yao Sallah, Njenga Peter Kariuki and Theodore Asiimwe