Plant recovery from seedling-derived shoot tips of Faidherbia albida grown in vitro

In vitro cultures were initiated from shoots taken from seedlings of Faidherbia albida on Murashige and skoog based medium supplemented with different combinations of 6-benzylaminopurine (BA) and alpha-raphthaleneacetic acid (NAA). The shoots grew and rooted on all media. Rooting and vigorous growth were most successful on medium supplemented with 10-M NAA alone on which 87 percent of the shoots formed roots. Seventy-one percent of plantlets which were transfered to soil were successfuly established and nodulated with the native Rhizobium. The procedures provided a basis for the development of in vitro techniques for rapid multiplicaiton and physiological studies of the species.