Henry Y. Sintim

In vitro Control of Microbial Contamination of Sweet Potatoes Cultured with Nodal Explants

Solomon Amissah, Priscilla A. Coleman, Henry Y. Sintim & Richard Akromah · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2016

The use of nodal explants for in vitro propagation promotes direct regeneration of cultures, but may cause high levels of microbial contamination due to large size of the explants. We evaluated different surface sterilization protocols, and inclusion of antibiotics and fungicides...