Arab Society of Plant Protection

Advances in Crop Science and Technology

Influence of Media Type and Carbon Source on Callus Induction and Regeneration Response of Different Indica Rice Genotypes

Abstract

Author(s): Sai Krishna Repalli, Chaitanya Kumar Geda, Pradhan NSN and Rao GJN

Suitable carbon source and an ideal media type are essential pre-requisites for rice tissue culture and transformation experiments. Maltose is found to be the best carbon source and MS media is found to be the ideal media type for the results obtained from callus induction and regeneration capabilities of seven indica rice genotypes taken under study. Varied tissue culture response of selected genotypes is found conspicuous at different sugar concentrations.