title: Tissue culture propagation of Mentha spp. by the use of axillary buds.
abstract: A method is described for rapid multiplication from axillary buds of six Mentha species. Nodal segments from one-year old plants were grown on Murashige and Skoog medium (BMS), supplemented with BAP (1.0; 2.0 mg/l) and KIN (1.0 mg/l) and kept at 28 ± 1°C under fluorescent light for 30 days. After this period, several shoots (15-20 shoots per explant) with roots were produced which were placed in soil for further growth.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Genetic Resources, CENARGEN/EMBRAPA, P.O. Box 10.2372, 70.770, Brasília-DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Rech
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pires