TY -JOUR AU -K. Shankarmurthy AU -V. Krishna AU -K. R. Maruthi and B. A. Rahiman TI -Rapid Adventitious Organogenesis from Leaf Segments of Embelia ribes Burm.-a Threatened Medicinal Plant PY -2004 DA -0000-00-00 JO -Taiwania VL -49 IS -3 SP -194 EP -200 UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/424 AB -An in vitro protocol was developed for rapid multiplication of plantlets via direct organogenesis from the leaf segments of Embelia ribes Burm. (Myrsinaceae), a rare woody medicinal shrub under threat of being extinct. Adventitious shoots were organized directly from the margin of the lamina on medium supplemented with 2 to 4 mg/L 6-furfuryl amino purine (FAP) and 0.2 to 0.6 mg/L naphthalene acetic acid (NAA). The frequency of shoot bud production was the highest (mean of 33.6 ± 3.63 shoots per explants) at the concentration of 3 mg/L FAP and 0.4 mg/L NAA. Rooting of microshoots was also noticed on the same medium in a single-phase culture. A mean of 30 ± 1.05 root intact plantlets was recovered per explant. The rooted plantlets were well accomplished with a survival frequency of 96%. Moreover, there were no phenotypic differences observed between the in vitro regenerated and in vivo plants. DO -10.6165/tai.2004.49(3).194