Babcock University Research Portal

Micropropagation of Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Using Locally Sourced Substitutes in a Routine Medium

Authors: Adewumi Aderiike

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Journal Of Experimental Agriculture International

ISSN Number:

Downloads

Views

Abstract

In spite of global acceptance and wide use of micropropagation as a method for the production of disease free planting material and germplasm conservation, this practice has been slow and nonaffordable in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is due to the high cost and non-availability of tissue culture media. Considering the importance of growth factors (micro and macro nutrients) in culture medium, it is inevitable to search for an alternative, cheaper and readily available source of these nutrients. This research therefore provided a natural substitute media formation for Cassava nodal culture. Sugar cane juice was substituted for sucrose (SC) in this research work. The result showed that the explants survived and produced foliage at 20 ml SC and 40 ml SC based media. The forest Top Soil (FTS) modified media produced more foliage (7), at 20 ml/200 ml than conventional media (5). Trona is a soft and porous salty evaporate deposit occurring in association with Neutron, Halite, Thernadite and other salts. Trona is a mixture of Chlorides, Carbonates, and Sulphate salts of Sodium, Calcium, Potassium, and Magnessium thus serving as a good source for these salts. 0.2 g of Trona gave the highest percentage 66% of nodal cutting that developed foliage. In conclusion, there was a positive response observed in the growth of the cassava nodes in the media modified

Access to Documents

External Link
Download
Digital Object Identifier

Keywords

Adewumi,A. . (2019). Micropropagation of Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Using Locally Sourced Substitutes in a Routine Medium, 30 (), 1-1.

Adewumi,A. . "Micropropagation of Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Using Locally Sourced Substitutes in a Routine Medium" 30, no (), (2019): 1-1.

Adewumi,A. and . (2019). Micropropagation of Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Using Locally Sourced Substitutes in a Routine Medium, 30 (), pp1-1.

AdewumiA, . Micropropagation of Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Using Locally Sourced Substitutes in a Routine Medium. 2019, 30 ():1-1.

Adewumi,Aderiike , . "Micropropagation of Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Using Locally Sourced Substitutes in a Routine Medium", 30 . (2019) : 1-1.

A.Aderiike , "Micropropagation of Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Using Locally Sourced Substitutes in a Routine Medium" vol.30, no., pp. 1-1, 2019.

Access to Documents

Keywords

About Us

Admissions

Contact Us

Policies

ALUMNI

STUDENT POPULATION