IN-VITRO SHOOT PROPAGATION OF DENDROCALAMUS-STRICTUS NEES

Multiple shoots were induced from seedling and axillary buds of mature plants of Dendrocalamus strictus on Murashige and Shoog's medium supp lemented with BA and kinetin. About 35-45 shoots were obtained within 20-25 days from a nodal explant of seedling and 3-8 shoots were obtain ed from a nodal explant of mature plants in the primary culture. The s eedling derived cultures were separated into groups of 5-7 and transfe rred to fresh subculture medium. Rooting of the shoots was achieved un der in vitro and ex vitro conditions. 85-90% of rooting was achieved b y the ex vitro method using IBA.