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CERTIFICATE
DECLARATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CONTENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Banana taxonomy
1.2 Origin of seedless edible clones
1.3 Banana (Musa spp.) cultivation
1.4 Nutritive features of banana
1.5 Constraints to the development of the plantains
1.6 Propagation of banana
1.7 Tissue culture studies in banana
1.8 Subculture studies
1.9 In situ mass propagation using BAP
1.10 Somaclonal variation in banana
1.11 Ontogeny and somaclonal variation
1.12 Characterisation of somaclonal variation
1.13 Use of biofertilizers in cultivation of plants
2. MATERIALS AND METHODS
2.1 Preparation of culture media
2.2. Isolation, sterilization and inoculation of nendran and poovan shoot tip explants
2.3 Culture of inflorescence apex explants of nendran and poovan
2.4 Multiple shoot formation
2.5 Rooting of in vitro regenerated shoots
2.6 Data collection and tabulation
2.7 Transfer to the field
2.8 Subculture studies
2.9 In situ mass propagation by using benzyl amino purine
2.10 Screening for somaclonal variations
2.11 Biochemical analysis
2.12 Isoenzyme analysis
2.13 Histological studies
2.14 Biofertilizer application studies
3. OBSERVATIONS
3.1 Hormone induced bud formation in suckers
3.2 In vitro culture studies
3.2.1 Inflorescence tip culture of nendran variety
3.2.2 Inflorescence tip culture of poovan variety
3.2.3 Shoot tip culture of nendran.
3.2.4 Shoot tip culture of poovan
3.3 SCREENING FOR SOMACLONAL VARIATIONS
3.3.1 Screening by growth and yield characters
3.3.2 Screening the photosynthetic efficiency and metabolites
3.3.3 Screening for isoenzymes
3.3.4 Subculture and somaclonal variations
3.3.5 Ontogeny and somaclonal variations
3.3.6 Biofertilizer application
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Fig. 75. Diagramatic representation of the L.S. of the responding inflorescence tipexplant with two structun: ~a t a later stage of development in the axilof the bracts.
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4. DISCUSSION
4.1 Standardized technique for micro propagation of nendran and poovan cultivar varieties of banana
4.2 Effect of hormones on somaclonal variation
4.3 Assessment and identification of somaclonal variants by using growth and yield parameters
4.4 Sub culture and somaclonal variations
4.5 Identification of somaclonal variation using photosynthetic efficiency and metabolites
4.6 Somaclonal variation in relation to the ontogeny of in vitro regenerated plants
4.7 Application of biofertilizers
5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
LITERATURE CITED
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