2. Materials and Methods
2.1 Source of Explants
Seeds of the white jute cultivar JRC 698 (obtained from Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibers,
Kolkata, India) were surface sterilized with 70% ethanol for 1 min and 0.1 % (w/v) mercuric chloride (Himedia,
Mumbai, India) for 2 min followed by thorough washing with sterile distilled water.
The 3-d old germinating seedlings on germination medium (MS + 1% sucrose) were transferred to light for
further two days for regeneration studies and retained in dark for protoplast studies.