Jasmine Brar, Manju Anand and Anil Sood
Dendrocalamus membranaceus Munro., an economically important edible bamboo has been listed as a priority species requiring conservation by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and hence selected for the present investigations. It is opined that the cells of bamboo are undoubtedly totipotent but some vital hormonal and/or nutritional factor or their combination could prove vital for differentiation as the frequency of embryogenesis is lower than that of organogenesis.