Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) is one of the most important field crops grown in the
tropics and sub-tropics. More than half of the world's sugar is derived from sugar cane …

Plant tissue culture is an important agricultural biotechnological tool that contributes in the
production of crops with improved food, fiber, fuel, and feed. It is one way toward …

Micropropagation has been extensively used for the rapid multiplication of many plants
species. However, its wider use is restricted often by the high percentage of plant loss or …

Sugarcane borers are the major biotic pest in sugarcane that accounts nearly 25–30% yield
loses. Most of the present sugarcane varieties are not resistant to borers. Development of …

Plant biotechnology, a major component of agricultural biotechnology, deals with various
aspects of plant tissue culture, genetic transformation, and molecular biology techniques …

Abstract Young leaf segments (1.0–1.5 cm) excised from spindle explants of three
commercial sugarcane varieties viz. Co J 64, Co J 83 and Co J 86 were cultured on different …

The addition of growth regulator is one of the critical success factors in in vitro cultures. 2, 4-
D as a plant regulator in media can stimulate the cell division, enlargement of the explants …

Coffea arabica is one of the most traded agricultural commodities in the World, and the
major export commodity of Ethiopia. Improvement of this crop requires the development of …

We have developed a new, simple, quick and genotype-independent method for direct
regeneration of sugarcane using novel midrib segment explants. Our protocol involves two …

We report here plastid transformation in sugarcane using biolistic transformation and
embryogenesis-based regeneration approaches. Somatic embryos were developed from …