A protocol for micropropagation of Alpinia galanga

Emerging buds of rhizome of Alpinia galanga Willd produced shoots and roots simultaneously when cultured in MS medium supplemented with kinetin 3.0 mg l(-1). Each explanted shoot bud produced 8 shoots in average and roots sim ultaneously within 8 weeks. Shoot proliferation could be continued even aft er a year by transferring each divided shoot explant to the same medium. Re generated plantlets could be sucessfully transferred to soil where they gre w well within 10-12 weeks with 80% survivality.