HIGH FREQUENCY PLANT REGENERATION VIA SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN NARASIMHA, AN ELITE INDIAN COTTON CULTIVAR AND A PARENTAL LINE USED IN HYBRID SEED PRODUCTION
The present invention discloses a method for high frequency regeneration of cotton plant from somatic cells. The invention, in particular, discloses to a method for regeneration of Indian elite cultivar Narasirnha variety. The invention also discloses a method comprising culturing and sub-culturing the explants and callus in different combinations of media and growth conditions. The present invention further discloses that the method results in at least 95% explants forming callus and regeneration of plants in 5-6 months.
