%A N Seetharama %A R V Sairam %A T S Rani %V 61 %L icrisat1915 %J Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture %N 2 %P 169-173 %D 2000 %T Regeneration of sorghum from shoot tip cultures and field performance of the progeny %X A system for rapid plant regeneration through somatic embryogenesis from shoot tip explants of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is described. Somatic embryogenesis was observed after incubation of explants in dark for 6–7 weeks through a friable embryogenic callus phase. Linsmaier and Skoog medium supplemented with 2,4- dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2 mg l