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International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 4, Issue 7, July-213 995 Hormonal effect on shoot multiplication in Sugarcane genotypes Syed Rizwan Abbas 1, Syed Dilnawaz Ahmad Gardazi 1, Wajid Aziz 3, Sardar Ali Khan 1, Syed Mubashir Sabir 2, Attiya Batool 4, Muhammad Rehan Abbas 3 and Sundas Shahzad 5. 1 Department of Plant Breeding and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad A.K. Pakistan 2 Faculty of Agriculture, University of Poonch, Rawalakot, A.J.K. Pakistan 3 Department of Computer Science, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad A.K. Pakistan 4 Department of Botany, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad A.K. Pakistan 5 Department of Biotechnology, Ayub Agriculture Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan *Address for Author: Syed Rizwan Abbas, Department of Plant Breeding and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan E-mail: drsyedrizwanabbas@gmail.com ABSTRACT Studies were carried out for rapid micro propagation of five sugarcane genotypes i.e.hsf-242, SPF-213 HSF-24, CP-77-4 and CP-43-33. The explants were surface sterilized with 4% clorex for 45 minutes. Multiplication of the cultures was obtained by using BAP and Kinitin in various combinations and concentrations in MS medium. The optimum multiplication for genotype HSF-24 was obtained at 1.5 mg/l BAP,.5 mg/l Kin with 12.6 cm shoot, 11tillers and 8 leaves per plant. Similarly optimum multiplication for variety CP-77-4 was obtained at.5 mg/l BAP and 1. mg/l Kinitin, with a maximum of 9 cm shoot length, 1 tiller and 16 leaves. The variety SPF-213 was obtained at 1.5 mg/l BAP and.1 mg/l Kin, with a maximum of 9.6 cm shoot length, 8 tillers and 11leaves. Best multiplication rate for variety HSF-242 and CP-43-33 was observed at 1.5 mg/l BAP and.1 mg/l Kin with a maximum of 13 cm shoot, 8 tillers and leaves per plant and 1. mg/l BAP and.1 mg/l Kin with a maximum of cm shoot, 11 tillers and 12 leaves per plant. Rooting of the plantlets was obtained on half strength MS medium containing 6% sucrose and various concentrations of IBA. The experiment will be help for further selection and multiplication of desirable sugarcane varieties. Keywords: Sugarcane, kinetin, Multiplication, BAP, IBA 1 INTRODUCTION Sugarcane crop is a major raw material source for the production of white sugar, brown sugar and gur and is also a cash crop. Its share in value addition in agriculture and GDP is 3.6 and.8 percent, respectively. Sugarcane was cultivated on an area of 988 thousand hectares during the year 2-11, 4.8 percent higher than last year s level of 943 thousand hectares production for the year 2-11 is estimated at 55.3 million tons as against actual production of 49.3 million for the year 29- (MINFA, 211). Commercially, sugarcane is propagated from stem cuttings with each cutting or set having two or three buds. After the establishment of variety, major bottleneck in spreading of the variety is slow propagation rate through conventional method, which takes years (Cheema & Hussain, 24). Modern commercial sugarcane varieties are obtained through breeding and a multi-stage selection scheme over a period of -15 years. Tissue culture techniques have been widely used for large-scale micro propagation and can effectively reduces the time period between selection and commercial release of new sugarcane varieties (Lorenzo et al., 21; Taylor, 1997). Micro propagation is currently the only realistic means of achieving rapid, large-scale production of disease-free seed canes of newly 213

International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 4, Issue 7, July-213 996 developed varieties in order to speed up the breeding and commercialization process in sugarcane (Feldmann et al., 1994; Lal & Krishna, 1994). In contrast to conventional method where one bud produces 4-5 shoots, tissue culture, if estimated conservatively can produce around, identical plants from a single bud in about 3-4 months (Lee, 1987). Micropropagation can also be used for obtaining disease free plants. Many scientists have described methods for micropropagation (Hendre et al., 1983, Gosal et al., 1998, Jadhav et al., 21). Gosal et al., (1998) reported rapid multiplication in liquid MS medium on BAP (.5 mg/l) and Kin (.5 mg/l) and rooting on NAA (.5 mg/l) and sucrose 7%. In the present study we was to developed protocol for fast and efficient micro propagation of five sugarcane genotypes viz., HSF-242, SPF-213, HSF-24, CP-77-4 and CP-43-33 by using BAP and Kinetin in various concentrations and combinations, which will help to cope with the increasing demand for sugarcane production on large scale to meet the future challenges for sugar production. 2 MATERIALS AND METHODS 2.1 Plant material The plant materials were collected form glasshouse of faculty of agriculture Rawalakot and all the experimental work was carried out at Plant tissue culture lab Department of Plant Breeding and Molecular Genetics. Five sugarcane varieties HSF-242, HSF-24, CP-77-4, SPF-213 and CP-43-33 were used in this study. The explants materials were taken from six months old sugarcane plants. 2.2 Explants preparation and surface sterilization Size of the shoot tip taken was 4-6 mm. For surface sterilization of explants 4% Clorox (commercial bleach containing 5.25% v/v Sodium hypochlorite) for 45 minutes was used but before clorex treatment the explants were first thoroughly washed with tap water for several times, then put in 6% ethanol for 3 minutes and finally in antioxidants solution for 45 minutes. The explants were washed with autoclaved distilled water thrice time for 5 minutes. 2.3 Hormonal concentrations Solid MS (Murashige & Skoog`s medium, 1962) supplemented with.1 mg/l GA3 and 1. mg/l Kin for initiation of cultures, various concentrations and combinations of BAP and Kin in liquid MS medium for the multiplication of cultures and with.5 mg/l-1.5 mg/l of IBA with 6% sucrose for the rooting of cultures. Data for shoot initiation were recorded 3 days after culturing, for shoot multiplication 3 days and 15 days for rooting after culturing. Data were analyzed using a computer package MSTAT. 3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Multiplication of shoots was observed at different concentrations of BAP in combination with Kin. The varieties indicated variable towards the different concentrations used, however BAP (.5, 1.5-1. mg/l) with Kin (1.,.1-.5 mg/l) were found best for multiple shoots formation. At maximum of 13 cm long shoot produced 11 tillers and 16 leaves per plant on different combinations in 3 days. The average shoot length found from varieties HSF-242, HSF-24, SPF-213, CP-43-33 and CP-77-4 were highly significantly different. The shoot length ranged from 9 cm for variety CP-77-4 to 12.6 cm for variety HSF-242 (Fig-3). The impact of different hormones combinations on average shoot length was also highly significantly different. The impact of tillers between genotypes showed less difference. However the number of tillers ranged from 8 in variety HSF-24 and SPF-213 to 12 in CP-77-4 (Fig-2). The different hormones combinations showed highly significant impact on average number of tillers. The highest value of tillers was observed at T3 (BAP-1.5, Kin.-.5) while the lowest one was for that of control T2 (Fig: 2). Rapid shoot multiplication was achieved in liquid MS medium supplemented with cytokinins, Kin (.5 mg/l) and BAP (.5 mg/l) with 2 shoots per plant (Gosal et al., 1998). The interaction effect between varieties and different hormones combinations was nonsignificantly different on tillers number (Fig-2). The average number of leaves for different varieties (HSF-242, HSF-24, CP-77-4,CP-43-33 and SPF-213) were highly significantly different. The means for number of leaves 213

International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 4, Issue 7, July-213 997 ranged from for variety HSF-242 to 16 for that of variety CP-77-4 (Fig: 1). Chattha et al., (21) reported that multiple shoots formation was excellent at 1.5 mg/l BAP in combination with 1.5 mg/l GA3 and recorded a maximum of 4 tillers and 16 leaves per plant. The impact of different hormones combinations was also highly significant against leaves number. However the leaves number ranged from as the lowest value for T2 to 16 as the highest value for T4 (Fig: 1). Patel et al., (21) recorded highest multiplication on 1.5 mg/l Kin. The combinations T1, T3 and T4 were highly significantly different while the combinations T2, T3 and T5 were nonsignificantly different (Fig: 1). No of leaves per plant at dif f er ent concent r at ions 2 Fi g: 1 com par esi on bet w een no of l eaves at f i ve hor m onal t r eat m ent no of t ilers per plant at dif f erent concent rat ions 2 Fi g: 2 com par esi on bet w een no of t i l l er s at f i ve hor m onal t r eat m ent s 213

International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 4, Issue 7, July-213 998 no of shoot lenght per plant at dif f er ent concent r at ions 2 Fi g: 3 comparesi on bet w een shoot l enght at f i ve hormonal concent rat i ons com par asion bet ween f ive genot ypes at dif f er ent concent r at ions 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Fi g: 4 com par esi on bet w een f i ve genot ypes at f i ve hor m onal concent r at i ons 213

International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 4, Issue 7, July-213 999 HSF-242 HSF-24 213

International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 4, Issue 7, July-213 CP-77-4 SPF-213 CP-43-33 213

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