Date Received: 06-07-2013 / Date Accepted: 25-08-2013 / Date Published: 13-06-2025
The study was conducted to establish the protocol for in vitro regeneration of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Cotyledonary nodes excised from 7-day in vitro seedlings were used as primary explants. The optimum treatment for shoot induction was MS salts and B5 vitamins (MSB5) medium supplemented with 11.1µM BAP and 0.5µM α-NAA, where 86.7% of cotyledonary nodes induced shoots with an average of 3.1 shoots/explant after 4 weeks of culture. Elongated, well developed individual shoots with 3-6 leaves were transferred to rooting medium containing 4.9µM of IBA. The average rooting frequency was 53.3% with a mean of 1.7 roots/shoot after 4 weeks of culture. 80% rooted plantlets survived during acclimatization period in greenhouse.