In Vitro Regeneration in Selected Sugarcane Varieties via Shoot Tips

ISBN-13: 9786205511268 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str.

Ibukunoluwa A. Adedeji

Opis

The conventional method of propagating sugarcane is highly inefficient for the production of sugar on a commercial scale thereby, it is not capable of meeting the local demand for sugar and its by-products which are raw materials for the cottage industries in Nigeria. Using this crude method also exposes the planting materials to disease-causing agents like viral and fungal diseases which are transmitted from one breeding cycle to the next. The tissue culture technology is a novel approach that has proven that healthy, virus-free plantlets that are the exact replica of the donor (parent) plant can be produced within a short period through micropropagation. The regeneration of plantlets from explants like shoot tips when placed on appropriate plant growth media under controlled laboratory conditions guarantees all-year production for commercial sugarcane fields.

O autorze

Ibukunoluwa Adedeji is an Agronomist with specialization in Plant Breeding and Genetics. She holds a Bachelor and a Master of Science degrees in the field of Agriculture. Her research interest spans across tissue culture studies, plant genomics and morphological characterization. She works as Laboratory Manager at Nigeria Sugar Institute.