In Vitro Propagation of Sansevieria trifasciata

Abstract

Abstract Leaf explants of Sansevieria trifasciata Prain (snake plant) cultured in vitro on a modified Murashige and Skoog medium containing 0.25 mg/liter 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) produced masses of meristemoids. The meristemoids formed shoots when the explants were transferred to a similar medium containing 0.3 mg/liter 6-furfurylam ino purine (kinetin). Shoots were rooted in vitro or under intermittent mist and grown as plants which appeared normal in vegetative characteristics to the parent plant.