Shoot apices ofPharbitis nilwere excised and cultured in vitro at different intervals after the intact plants were photoperiodically induced. The induced apices excised immediately after and up to 24ensp;h after an inductive dark period, grew vegetatively for at least 4 weeks in culture. The apices excised and cultured from intact plants at 36 and 48ensp;h after induction initiated a full complement of floral-organ primordia when observed after 4 weeks of growth.
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