Annual Report - IHBT

CSIR-IHBT Annual Report 2010-11Fig. 52 Floral development in normal (a, b, c, d & e), spontaneous (f, g, h, i & j), ring (k, l, m, n & o)and linear fasciated (p, q, r, s & t) plants of G. jamesonii. Transverse sections of flower stalks stained withDelafield’s haematoxylinProduction of CMV tested gerberaMeristem tips of 0.3 and 0.4 mm were used to produce 63.33 and 53.33 % CMV free in vitrogerbera shoots, respectively. The hardened plantlets (14499) were virus tested and distributed to theState Horticulture Department and growers of H.P. (Fig. 53).a b cFig. 53 In-vitro multiplication of gerbera cv a) Red, b) Pink and c) hardened plants58