CLONAL PROPAGATION OF ACACIA-SALIGNA BY SHOOT TIP CULTURE

Multiple shoots buds were obtained successfully from shoot tips of Acacia saligna by placing explants into solidified Murashighe & Skoog (1962) medium (MS medium) supplemented with 5.0 to 9.0mg/L BAP. Sequential culture treatment was highly effective for shoot elongation using MS medium containing 0.3 mg/L BAP and 0.2 mg/L IAA. The shoots rooted best on MS medium supplemented with 2.0 mg/L IBA. Plantlet survival after transfer to soil was more than 90%. The shoot proliferation method described could be used for the mass clonal propagation of selected genotypes.