Authors : C.I. Onuoch and N.I.C. Onwubiku
Abstract: An investigation conducted on the effect of Benzylaminopurine (BAP) on cassava plantlets cultures. Murashige and skoog medium containing different concentrations of BAP was used to subculture two varieties of cassava plantlets; TMS 98/0379 and TMS 98/0581, which were thereafter incubated in a culture room at 28�C �2 and exposed to artificial illumination of 2000 -2500 lux for sixteen hours daily. Results showed that BAP application had some inhibitory effects on the two cassava varieties as only the control treatment (no BAP application) recorded the best growth in most of the growth parameters observed (height, leaves, nodes), and thus differing significantly (p< 0.05) from other BAP levels. Between the experimental units, TMS 98/0379 appeared to grow better in terms of height, leaf and number of nodes while TMS 98/0581 recorded the greatest fresh weight.
C.I. Onuoch and N.I.C. Onwubiku , 2007. Micropropagation of Cassava (Manihot esculantum Crantz) Using Different Concentrations of Benzyaminiopurine (BAP) . Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2: 1229-1231.