3. Tissue Culture Sterilized explants (5 mm in length) were cut at the node and inoculated in a culture tube containing 20 ml of solid Murashige and Skoog (MS) [7] medium (full-strength macronutriens, micronutrients and vitamins), 3% sucrose and 7.5 g/l agar and adjusted to pH 5.8 with 1 M KOH before autoclaving at 121°C and 103 kPa for 15 min (M1 medium; Table 1). After 1 week, sterile explants were subcultured onto M2 medium (Table 1). On this medium, shoot grew and several small shoots developed. After 4 weeks in culture, the small shoots (5 mm in height) were subcultured onto M3 medium (Table 1) where they proliferated. For shoot elongation, the proliferated multiple shoots were subcultured onto M4 medium (Table 1). For rooting, the elongated shoots were subcultured onto M5 medium (Table 1). Cultures were maintained under continuous light under white fluorescent lamps (30 µmol m-2s-1) at 25°C.