IN-VITRO FLOWERING OF ORANGE JESSAMINE (MURRAYA-PANICULATA (L) JACK)

Branch internodes of Murraya paniculata flowered in vitro on half-stre ngth MT medium containing 5% sucrose supplemented with cytokinins. The cytokinins only induced vegetative shoots from the epicotyl of seedli ngs. The highest percentage of flowering (76.7% of the explants) was a chieved from branch internodes of flowering plants close to the apex, on half-strength MT medium containing 5% sucrose and 0.001 mgl benzlad enine (BA) in light. Flowering required two days' exposure to BA, but shoot formation could be initiated even without exposure to BA.