Induction of adventitious buds on roots of the potato

Auxin treatment of de-eyed potato slices induced root formation. When the roots were exposed to light, adventitious buds were formed.This method for bud formation may be used to produce non-chimerical potato mutants, when the buds can be obtained from mutagenically treated tissue. An additional purpose is the investigation of the L₃ of existing mutants.This investigation was supported by the EURATOM-ITAL Association, Wageningen, The Netherlands.