Plant regeneration from tuber discs of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) using 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP)

Shoots, roots and callus were formed from tuber discs of potato, cultivar Désirée, when grown in vitro on the basal medium of Murashige & Skoog (1962) (MS) supplemented with 2,4-D and/or BAP. Callus was formed in MS medium with 1 mg l−1 BAP plus 0.5 mg l−1 2,4-D, callus and roots were formed in MS with 1 mg l−1 BAP plus more than 0.5 mg l−1 2,4-D and shoots were formed directly on tuber discs cultured on MS medium with 1 mg l−1 BAP without the addition of 2,4-D.