Production and proliferation of bulbs from receptacles of virus free garlic plant [Allium sativum L.]

Production of bulbs in virus free and infected plants: Size and yield of bulbs between virus free plants and plants infected with virus were compared. The former plants produced bulbs as heavy as 1.4 times of the latter plants. One bulb of virus free plants was composed of much bulblets in number and all bulblets were heavier. Aerial bulblets on a flower disc from virus free plants were also many in number. Receptacle culture: Each receptacle cut into 8 sections was cultured on the MS medium containing NAA and BA. Normal shoot growth was obtained on the medium containing 0.1 mg. 1(-1) NAA, and bulblets were formed from leaf bases by transferring onto the MS medium. About forty bulblets were regenerated from one receptacle