In vitro screening of calli and evaluation their physiological states for the enhancement of regeneration efficiency in various potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) genotypes

Callus induction and its subsequent regeneration is an important issue to study the genetic variability in breeding and biotechnological program. Under this study, various physiological characteristics of calli were evaluated based on ten (10) indigenous and six (6) exotic potato genotypes. Correlation matrix, mean rank, and standard deviation of rank related to the physiological states were also studied. According to the mean rank and standard deviation of rank, potato genotypes were classified into three distinct groups such as good (rank sum ranges 4.65–10.17), fair (10.53–13.96) and poor (14.21–16.40). In this study, Surjamukhi, Granola, Sheelbilati, Arun and Sindurkouta exhibited good callusing while Courage, Diamant, Jamalu, Sadaguti, Patnai and Cardinal showed fair index. Lalpakri, Asterix, Chollisha, Dohazari and Ausha displayed low callusing index. Among the tested genotypes ANOVA, DMRT and correlation co-efficient of all in vitro callus inductions characteristics were found highly significant at p